The Chairman, Lead Committee, All Progressives Congress National Membership Register Revalidation Committee, Jarret Tenebe, has identified the reforms in the party and President Bola Tinubu’s performance as reasons opposition party members are joining the governing party.
Tenebe, who said that the party believed in internal democracy and inclusive membership, said that new members had been enjoying privileges in the party and were comfortable.
Tenebe, who spoke at a press briefing in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday on the ongoing revalidation of the APC membership register in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship primaries for the 2026 Ekiti election, called on “all members of our party to go to their respective wards to confirm their financial standing”.
The Edo APC chairman said, “This revalidation exercise is a significant process to ensure that all committed members of the party are appropriately captured and included in the membership register to be able to vote and be voted for.
“This is also key because what we are doing now will be part of the membership registration that is going on. It shows that APC is up to date and at the forefront. I am very convinced that other parties are not even doing what we are doing. I know that before the primaries start, you will start noticing problems from other parties, but APC stands out; that is what we are proving.
“If you notice, there has been movement from other political parties into the APC. Once you come into our party, you are registered, and we are all equal. Everybody is being captured.
“People are coming to APC now because of the way the party is being reformed, and most especially, the performance of our president, President Tinubu. That is why many people are joining the party. The president is doing well, and the work is speaking for us. That is why you can see people coming in droves to the APC, and nobody is going out”.
Tenebe, who said that the party was stepping up its membership drive, expressed confidence that the votes for Tinubu in Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji in 2026 and Tinubu in 2027 would increase.
The committee chairman dismissed the insinuation that the African Democratic Congress was a threat in the forthcoming elections.
He said, “I can tell you somehow the number of votes our president will get in the next election because we know the problems of the Labour Party, you can see a clear division. We know the problem in the PDP. You can see a clear division there. Developments in the coalition will see it split into two. So you can predict the number of votes the APC will get. It will certainly be more. There is no crack on the wall, and there is no fear”.
