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The founder of Ovation magazine, Chief Dele Momodu, has decamped to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with a promise to join hands with others in the party to rescue Nigeria from abject poverty.
He disclosed this in Benin City yesterday while formally joining the party.
Momodu said he was not joining the party to contest any political position, but to help right the wrongs in the country.
“Today, I am standing before my leaders as I humbly reintegrate myself into the beautiful process of my state.
“People have asked me if I want to be a governor or a senator, but I tell them that I just want to promote the interest of our people.
“My picking up the party card today is just the beginning of the journey, and my mission is to join hands of fellowship with citizens of like minds to rescue, recover and reset Nigeria.
“Nigeria must be rescued from a one-party state, and this journey will require the total commitment of the majority of Nigerians who refuse to be enslaved in their own country,” Momodu said.
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Earlier, former governor of Edo State and leader of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said that the nation has been under a severe burden since independence.
He said the burden was becoming too heavy and that everyone must work together to redeem the country from this needless weight, adding that principled minds like Chief Dele Momodu are needed to make a difference.
“Today is unique in the history of the African Democratic Congress because it marks a significant milestone in the party’s quest to reposition Nigeria.
“Dele Momodu was among those in Nigeria who played a significant role in keeping the military out of our politics.
“We are sitting side by side in another existential struggle because the life of this country is going to depend on every one of us sitting here today.
“It is not a campaign yet, but we are warming up and gathering friends; we are gathering men of integrity, principled minds like Dele Momodu.
“He is not one of those politicians, and for him to be joining us means so much to us as a party. As a media man, he policed politics and politicians, but today he has decided to join us, and I want to say that these are the kind of people this country needs.
“The people of this country have carried a burden since independence, and that burden is getting too heavy. We must all work together to redeem the country from this needless burden,” Odigie-Oyegun said.
