The Action Group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has risen in stout defence of the former Interim Chairman of the ruling party, Chief Bisi Akande, saying his recent utterances on the crisis bedeviling the party at the national assembly were those of a sincere leader.

The Group, through a statement by its spokesperson, Segun Dipe, said the ramrod qualities of Chief Akande qualify him to see when things are skewed towards failure and was right to have called the people involved to order.

“Here is the man who steered the ship of our party through the turbulent waters from conception to birth. He did so with sincerity of purpose and great sacrifice that even President Muhammadu Buhari, a man of few words, not given to praise-singing, confessed that he respected Akande’s patriotism while acknowldging how he led the interim party “with dexterity and integrity.

“Party Chairman, Chief Odigie Oyegun also admitted that he saw in Chief Akande trustworthiness and sincerity. Is it such a person that would now wish the smooth-sailing ship of the party should capsize?” the group said

It recalled how Chief Akande had journeyed with Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu through thick and thin from the dark and lonely days of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) to the Action Congress (AC) and then ACN before arriving at the APC, saying such a person knows what true loyalty and discipline are and should be taken serious when preaching them.