‘I Feel More Comfortable In APC Than With Political Actors In PDP, ADC’ – Obasanjo’s Daughter, Iyabo

The daughter of former Nigerian President, Iyabo Obasanjo, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as her natural home, confirming her membership in the party.

Abia Radio News reports that Iyabo, in an interview with Nigerian legend, Segun Odegbami on his 103.7FM Eagle7 Sports, said her return to active politics after about 15 years was due to pressure from her supporters.

“Like I told you, a group of people who I did not bring together, I did not form them into a group, have been working, I think, for two years now.

“And then they started talking to me about a year ago, saying, ‘Look, we think you are the best candidate. We want you back,’” she said.

The former Ogun State Commissioner for Health stated that she could not return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or African Democratic Party (ADC) because she is more comfortable with political actors in the APC.

According to Iyabo, ADC was another option for her, but the coalition party does not have its “ducks in a row yet; they’re still working on it.

She added, “So, I think APC is my natural home. I don’t have any animosity towards any individual or any group within the APC. I feel comfortable with all the actors I know within the APC.

“I feel more comfortable, actually, than with some of the actors I know in the PDP, and some of them are now in the ADC. So I think it’s my natural home. I feel quite confident and happy to have made that decision.

“I have an absolute 100% feeling it’s my natural home.” 

Recall that Iyabo lost her re-election bid in 2011 to Senator Gbenga Obadara of the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

She subsequently returned to the United States to pursue her academic career, rising to the rank of professor.