Professor Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has explained why she joined the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In the early days of the current fourth Republic, Obasanjo-Bello was in the Peoples Democratic Party under whose government she was a Commissioner in Ogun State and later represented Ogun Central as Senator.
Subsequently she quitted partisan politics and moved to the United States where she is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary Department of Health Services.
The 58-year-old has returned to Nigerian political scene and has declared her interest to vie for Ogun gubernatorial election in 2027 on APC platform.
On Monday at the national headquarters of the APC in Abuja she was asked by newsmen why joining APC, a party her father is not supporting.
Responding, “He is not part of my coming here today. It is my personal decision, he is just another citizen that will vote for me.
“So, he has not presented me with any platform. Like I said, I made an informed decision to choose the APC. And the reason I chose the APC is personal to me.
“In that, when I left active politics, the people that reached out to me are now all in the APC. It is personal. If you are not, why would I join a party that people did not care about me to say, how are you?
“They are now all in different parties. But most of the people that I had positive experiences with are now in the APC. So, this has nothing to do with my father.
“As I said, he will vote for me, I am sure. But other than that, he is not part of my movement. He is not anything other than he will vote in the state, and hopefully I will be his governor.”
