The Supreme Court. Atiku’s chances of winning In Court

The Supreme Court. Atiku’s chances of winning In Court

The decision to move from Alliance for Democracy to Action Congress was not taken by the stakeholders.

I didn’t particularly feel safe heading for the AC in such a manner because I knew that would be the end of the principles that brought us together under the banner of AD.

You know AD had a historical background from the leadership of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, down to late Chief Lateef Jakande, Bola Ige and so on before it got to our own generation.

When it was about time to move from AD to AC, I didn’t quite see the principles and why AC was going to displace AD, so I decided to stay back from that movement

The general secretaryof the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Rahmon Owokoniran,shared his thoughts on emerging issues in the party and the recent verdict by the Presidential Election Petitions Court

For two and a half years you served as a commissioner under President Bola Tinubu when he was the governor of Lagos State, what caused the rift between both of you?

There is no rift between us. The party was based on principles and I observed some things were not going right, and no matter the situation you found yourself it was the boss that would always decide.

However, in a democracy, the idea is for people to rub minds, share ideas and be convinced with what the final position would be, but I discovered that was not the case so I decided that it was difficult for me to operate in that kind of atmosphere.

Along with that crisis was the fact that he wanted a successor and we had a fair playground to participate and at the end of the day he decided to anoint Babatunde Fashola as his successor and that resulted in a number of us taking a decision.

Primarily, the decision was based on the initial things I said that things were not going to be well in the AC.