We may be defeated in the Ekiti governorship election - Bamidele raises fear over crisis in APC

- Opeyemi Bamidele says every member of the APC wants the party to win in Ekiti - Bamidele, an aspirant on the platform of the ruling party, declares that the party could be swallowed by internal crisis - He wants the party to immediately call aspirants to order Opeyemi Bamidele, an aspirant for the July 14, governorship election in Ekiti state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned that the party’s chances to gain power could be affected by the internal crisis within it. Bamidele, a former member of the House of Representatives, in a statement on Tuesday, said though every member of the party wants victory for it in Ekiti, he lamented that aspirants were making unfavourable comments about one another and this could shatter such dream.   “I have heard some aspirants branding others as unmarketable. I have heard some describing some notable members and even a national officer as an outsider in the APC. “All these sinister and deleterious political moves might impede our desire to take over Ekiti, except we begin to see ourselves as one and the time to do that is now,” Bamidele said while urging the deputy chairman of the party, Chief Kemi Olaleye, to caution members who turn themselves into ‘online monsters’ just to destroy the unity of the party. “Those who still maintain a hard stance after being cautioned by the party’s top hierarchy should be sanctioned. “The APC is a party guided by the constitution and it should not trivialise issues that could disunite members, particularly at a time that we are approaching a critical election like this.                 “Ekiti and Osun governorship elections are strategic to our party. “The polls will determine so many things in our party and it will help in sending a signal that the APC is still very strong, acceptable and remains a movement in the country’s political hemisphere,” he said in the statement.                                                                                                                                earlier reported that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, declared on Monday, March 19, that the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti is a ‘must-win’ for his party as he visited the state.                                                      Oyegun, who was in the state on membership drive, reportedly addressed leaders and members of the party in the state at an interactive forum emphasizing that the party would deploy every available resource to win the election which holds on July 14.