In surprise move, a chieftain of he All Progressives Congress (APC), in Cross River State, Mr. Ray Murphy, has resigned his membership of the party, saying that Nigerians deserve better than the “comedy of gaffes” that has been prevalent in the ruling party.
He pointedly said that he realised after much effort that public good is the last thing on the mind of the leadership of the APC whether in government or out of it.
Murphy, who made his position known in a statement issued on Sunday, specifically said that Nigerians are already traumatised thus surely need better than what the APC is offering.
The former Special Adviser the Chief John Oyegun when he served as National Chairman of the APC, noted that Nigerians in the past few weeks have been visited with the absurd as the standard bearer of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made a number of public gaffes that have elicited debates among the citizens.
He said he cannot continue to condemn the APC misrule in private and hail it in public just as he does not know how to speak with a forked tongue even as he said that he knows that he has lost many friends as a result of his latest position.
In the words of Murphy; “I am not sorry! I have lost many friends because they expected me to live a lie, they expected that I would, like them, condemn the APC misrule in private and hail APC in public. I do not know how to speak with a forked tongue.
“I am not sorry that I left APC where I had made intellectual, material and financial contributions, all in a bid to help secure better governance for our country!
“I realised after much effort that public good is the last thing on the mind of the leadership of the APC whether in government or out of it.
“Talking about public good to APC is like talking to a stone, so I took a walk. I am not sorry that I did what my conscience bids me to do.
“I cannot support a ticket that does not take into cognisance the diversity of our country. I am not sorry, that I happen to believe that this country needs better, indeed deserves better than the comedy of gaffes that the APC is trying to sell to Nigerians in order to further impoverish and already traumatized and despondent citizenry.
“I am not sorry, because I am a seeker of what is right and true. This is what we do, we stand with the truth and part ways with those who prefer lies.
“We stand with the public and part ways with those who see nothing wrong with the mass sufferings of the citizenry. I am not sorry that I stand for what is good for our nation,” he said.
