OBASANJO HAS SYMPATHY FOR US - APC

The All Progressives Congress has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is sympathetic to the cause of the party because of his desire for positive change in 2015. The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC,   Lawal Shuaibu, said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja on Sunday. Shuaibu said, “We don’t have any connection with Obasanjo other than Obasanjo sympathises with anybody that could effect change in this country. “He is not a member of our party mind you, he is still a Peoples Democratic Party man but for the fact that he is a former democratic President in this country people listen to him. “More often than not, some people go to seek his advice both from PDP, APC

and other parties. But he is interested in the type of change we are driving on, so he is to a certain extent sympathetic to APC.”

He noted that there was nothing wrong with the APC receiving members of the PDP who had realised their mistakes.

The APC chieftain said the party had put in place machinery to ensure strict adherence to its policies and programmes as contained in its manifesto.

He explained that the parties which came together to form the APC had all agreed to adhere strictly to the code of conduct as well as ethics enshrined in the founding principles of the party.

Shuaibu also assured Nigerians that the APC would strictly observe the provisions of its constitution and the party manifesto as well as ensure the supremacy of the party.

Reacting to the over N21bn raised by PDP to fund President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election, Shuaibu said his party was not worried, saying the APC would be transparent.