Former Kogi senator, Dino Melaye, has expressed regret for previously backing the All Progressives Congress, staying that his decision then was out of blindness.
Melaye who said his backing the APC was a mistake, expressed confidence in the African Democratic Congress to present a a strong opposition capable of unseating President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Speaking on Channels television’s Politics Today, on Friday, Melaye acknowledged his past alignment with the APC but said he had since understood his mistake and turned a new leaf.
He said; “Once I was blind, now I can see. I regret in totality.
“Just like you confess your sins daily in the Lord’s prayer, I ask for forgiveness.
“Anyone who has moved with the devil, anyone who has aligned with an unholy tendency, should regret it.”
The former lawmaker slammed the APC administration for worsening socio-economic conditions.
According to him, hunger and poverty have reached dangerous levels across Nigeria and it’s all the doing of the APC leadership.
He added; “You don’t need a prophet to tell you what is happening in this country. It is visible even to the blind and audible to the deaf.
“The hunger in the land is shattered. People are dying of malnutrition in rural communities.
“Take a trip today to your village and just announce that you want to share two bags of rice.
“If you are not careful, there will be dead casualties from the struggle to get something.”
On the forthcoming 2027 politics, Melaye said the ADC is committed to building a stable party platform that would produce a credible presidential candidate to defeat Tinubu.
He urged every believer in the ADC to create a stable platform to be able to achieve the aim of formation.
He said; “Especially those of us in the ADC, we need to create a comfortable, stable platform.
“I believe that platform will produce a candidate that will unseat President Ahmed Bola Tinubu in 2027.”
However, Melaye would not endorse any candidate to contest against Tinubu in 2027 as he stated that his major focus is to create a stable party in the ADC, first.
Meanwhile, he praised Atiku’s political efforts stating that he is rescuing the country.
“I will not be talking about a presidential candidate or preference for anybody until we get the party completely stabilised and organise a transparently honest convention.
“What Atiku is doing is rescuing this country, bringing together men of honour and valour to correct and palliate the satanic manifestation of the APC,” he stated.
