As the 2023 general election approaches, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, has left the party, POLITICS NIGERIA reports.
Princewill, an ally of the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Tuesday that his exit from the APC was due to the decision of Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential flagbearer in the forthcoming election to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
Princewill, a former governorship aspirant, in a letter addressed to the Chairman of Ward 3 (Royal Ward), Buguma City, in Asari Toru Local Government Area (LGA), said he “cannot argue for equity in my state and defend inequity in my country.” He described Tinubu’s choice as “totally insensitive”.
“It sets a very wrong precedent; it is totally insensitive and even if you win, will prove bad for good governance. Under these dire circumstances, I find no justification to still remain, in good conscience, a member of a political party that subordinates electoral victory, over the safety of lives and the peace of mind of its citizens.
“The men and women of our party here in Rivers are the most loyal and faithful supporters I have met. They know right and they know wrong. And they know me. I enjoyed working with them and I’m so sad to leave. But an APC party that totally disregards the basics of the same equity we preach, is alien to me,” Princewill’s letter reads.
