No sanctuary in APC for questionable people — Oyegun

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that the party will not offer sanctuary to anybody running away from the arms of the law.

Chief Odigie-Oyegun said this yesterday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, following the speculations that some of the politicians defecting to the APC were doing so to get protection from anti-graft agencies.

He spoke when he received a former Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence ItaGiwa and Senator John Enoh, who recently defected to the ruling party in Cross River State.

Oyegun, who said the APC was not a “food-is-ready” party, said they were happy with the defection of the two key political figures, considering the fact that the ruling party did not have the presence it ought to have in South South.

He said the APC needed a strong presence in the zone “because, traditionally, the zone had been the heart of the unity and oneness of the nation during and after the Civil War.”

He said, “In spite of the obvious difficulties that the nation is passing through, people like you voluntarily wanted to assist in this responsibility of helping in nation building.

“I know that those who don’t wish us well often tend to misinterpret some of this happening as running away, thinking that they would have protection from the EFCC. Of course, I am not aware in your case that anybody is harassing you with the EFCC.

“In any case, it is obvious today that we do not offer sanctuary to anybody running from the arms of the law. The evidence is all over the place,” he said.

Earlier in her remarks, Senator Ita Giwa, who said she was comfortable with her decision to join the APC, recalled that she stopped attending PDP meetings two years ago because of impunity.