House Of Reps Member, Shina Peller Dumps APC, States Reasons
Shina Peller, a member of the House of Representatives representing the federal constituency of Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
This was revealed in a letter submitted to the Chairman of APC Ward 9, Koso in the Iseyin local government area of Oyo State, headlined “APC Membership Renouncement.”
Peller, an entrepreneur and owner of Quilox Club, claimed he consulted with his team before making the choice, but he did not reveal which political party he would join.
He claimed that the “undemocratic conduct and decisions” of some politicians in the state APC chapter had embarrassed his people.
In May, he was defeated for the APC senatorial nomination by Senator Fatai Buhari, who received 570 votes to Peller’s five.
His four-year term in the National Assembly had come to an end. To honor an agreement to rotate the seat in his area, he declined to seek re-election to the House of Representatives for a second term.
The letter reads, “I write to formally inform you of the renouncement of my membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I took this decision after due consultation with my people from the Oke Ogun region and beyond who feel humiliated by the undemocratic acts and decisions of some gladiators within Oyo State APC.
“President Muhammadu Buhari preached bottom-to-top approach driven APC, but the undemocratic conduct of some party chieftains particularly in Oyo State has shown that the people from the grassroots and the youth will continue to be at the mercy of the few at the top, who impose their preferred candidate against the wish of the people, as recently witnessed in Oyo North Senatorial District where I belong.
“My people have therefore decided that we withdraw our membership of the APC, and I totally align with them as I delved into politics, not for a selfish reason but for the overall interest of Nigerian youths and the people of Oke Ogun. So. I hereby renounce my membership of the APC.
“Thank you so much.”
