A former House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Oyo State, Akinjide Kazeem Akinola, has said the lack of transparency and internal democracy caused the failure of the party to win some elections in 2023.
Akinola, who contested the House of Representatives primary in Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency ahead of the 2023 elections made this declaration during his defection to APC on Friday.
DAILY POST reports that Akinola had earlier dumped the APC and contested the House of Representatives election on the platform of Accord in 2023.
Akinola said the APC would have won in the state if there was no division in the party.
He said it had learnt the necessary lessons and experiences that would further sharpen it to win future elections.
He added that the party members must be united if they are interested in returning to power.
Akinola said, “Of course, I thank Allah for making today a realistic one to have officially returned to my APC. The time we spent outside allowed us to see the true nature of the many problems facing the party and how best we can help in making sure the negative occurrences would not repeat itself and spoil the great chances of the party in all elections.
“I think by now, we have seen it is important we go into election with a united front. Division will only allow loss of election. Imagine there was no division among us, we would have formed government in this state. All that is gone is gone.
“We have learnt the necessary lessons and experiences that would further sharpen our knowledge of politics. We now know that there should be thorough and transparent internal democracy that will brighten the party’s chances at the polls”.
Lack of internal democracy caused Oyo APC’s failure in 2023 – Akinola