Our attention has been drawn to press statement credited to Chief Jide Awe, who is still parading himself as the chairman of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in which he insinuated that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye may have collected bribe from Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare support for him.
While we do not want to dabble into the argument of whether or not the statement was issued by Chief Jide Awe, or the propriety of him issuing press statements on behalf of the party, we wish to state that in saner climes, he (Jide Awe) will not even be parading himself as Chairman of any political party.
Most importantly, we cannot join anyone in rebutting the highly offensive statement made against a revered man of God like Pastor Adeboye and the entire RCCG, because when the so-called State Exco of the APC being led by Chief Jide Awe did the same against the Osun State Governor, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola, simply because he visited Governor Fayose and made positive comments about the governor, we frown at it.
Also, it was this same Jide Awe led Exco that ridiculed our Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, by shunning the meeting he held with party leaders simply because he chose to hold the meeting in the Ado Ekiti residence of Senator Babafemi Ojudu.
It is also on record that it was this same Chief Jide Awe, as the State Chairman of Action Congress (AC) that instigated the protest against Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) in Ibadan in 2007 just because the respected lawyer was supporting Engr Segun Oni against Dr Kayode Fayemi at that time.
We are therefore not surprised that such an offensive statement can come from Chief Jide Awe, and any member of our party that want to defend him should first ask why he has been occupying the same party secretariat as State Chairman since 2006!
It is therefore on this note that we, as responsible and progressive youths of the APC in Ekiti State wish to dissociate ourselves from this abusive comments made against Pastor Adeboye by Chief Jide Awe and his bunch of impostors still masquerading as State Exco of our party. They do not speak for us.
Furthermore, we wish to call on the national leadership of our party to once and for all resolve the issue of the Ekiti State Exco of the party it cannot be explained by anyone how a single individual will be State Chairman of Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) in 2006, Action Congress (AC) from 2006 to 2010, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) from 2010 to 2014 and APC from 2014 till date!
Jide Awe has spent 10 years in the same office as State Chairman and we ask; is he the only person that can be State Chairman of our party?
In conclusion, we once again apologise to Pastor Adeboye and the entire RCCG family, and state that Jide Awe or any other individual in his so-called State Exco does not speak for our party.
Mr Tope Ogunkuade,
Convener
Comrade Tunji Adeleye,
Secretary
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