The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie- Oyegun says he is saddened by the political friction currently being experienced in the ruling party. Oyegun, also a former governor of Edo State stated this on Thursday while speaking with newsmen at his Abuja residence.

He said: “Well, I can say something for sure, I am not happy as to the state of peace or the relative instability in the party. I don’t think I know someone who is happy today about that but like I said earlier there are peace missions that I have found all over the country.

“And so at this point in time, it will be ill opportune for me to start saying oh, things went bad because that happened or because that did not happen but as an elder statesman, I will not start passing my own personal judgment where there is a team out there trying to broker peace.

“I won’t be helping the situation. What we require is peace. I pray God gives these teams the wisdom that is required to work out the settlement to bring the party back to a strong political party, a fighting force.”

While appealing to members of the APC to show understanding and loyalty, Oyegun added that there was  need for the party to remain a united force as the 2019 general elections draw near.