Immediate past Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has denied plans to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Adelabu made the clarification in a statement issued by his media office on Tuesday, following the defection of his media aide, Ajiboye Akande, from the APC to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The former minister stressed that Akande was no longer his personal assistant and had ceased to have any official or political relationship with him.
He said their relationship ended after Akande decided to associate with another political party.
Adelabu, who was an APC governorship aspirant in Oyo State, was defeated in the party’s governorship primary.
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He said his disagreement with aspects of the party’s governorship nomination process was about transparency and legitimacy, rather than a reason to leave the APC.
“I remain a member of APC and have no intention of leaving the party. My disagreement with aspects of the Oyo governorship nomination is about the process and the need for transparency and legitimacy, and not an excuse to abandon the party.
“I will not betray President Bola Tinubu, whom I regard as my political mentor and benefactor, or abandon the party that provided me the opportunity to serve,” he said.
