The All Progressives Congress
(APC) Forum of State Chairmen on Thursday in Abuja passed a vote of confidence
on Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the party’s National Chairman, saying he is the best
man to lead the party.
Mr Ben Nwonye, the Secretary of
the forum and Chairman, APC Enugu State Chapter, who spoke on behalf of the
forum made this known while speaking with newsmen at the party’s national
secretariat.
He fielded questions after the
state chairmen had a closed door meeting with Oshiomole and members of the
party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
He added that inspite of recent
negative reports on Oshiomhole, he remains the man with a strong will to lead
the party at the moment.
“We met with the national
chairman of our great party and members of the NWC and we touched on relevant
issues on the party.
“We discussed in details on the
party’s unity and at the end of the meeting, we were fully informed on the
party’s issues and unity.
“Based on the information we have
and the readiness of the party and the national chairman to lead the country
and the party to the next level, we have unanimously passed a vote of
confidence on Oshiomhole and the NWC,” he said.
Nwonye described recent negative
reports making the rounds on Oshiomhole as spurious allegations meant to malign
not just his person, but President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC as a party.
He added that Oshiomhole remain a
strong man and the party’s national chairman, saying that he has all it takes
to lead the APC to the next level.
Nwonye said it was regrettable
that those that were against Oshiomhole started their campaign against him just
as President Buhari was to be inaugurated for a second term in office.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
recalls that on May 28, Sen. Lawal Shuaibu, APC Deputy National Chairman,
North, called on Oshiomhole to resign for allegedly failing to add any value to
the APC since his election.
Shuaibu, in a six-page letter
dated May 27 and addressed to Oshiomhole, accused the chairman of incompetence,
high handedness and immaturity in his handling of the affairs of the party.
He noted that the APC had lost
control of seven states under Oshiomhole.
“I am a critical stakeholder in
the APC project and therefore, have a stake for which I reserve the right to
write this letter to you,” Shuaibu had said.
Following the party’s challenges
in Zamfara and some other states of the federation, resulting from its mode of
primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections, Oshiomhole and Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, the APC immediate past national chairman had been engaged in
blame trade.
This particularly followed the
upturning of the party’s electoral victory in Zamfara by the Supreme Court, and
the losses it suffered in some states it previously controlled.
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