Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed why some
former governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, never wanted him to
remain as the national chairman of the ruling party.
Oshiomhole disclosed that some former APC governors believed
that if he remained as national chairman, he would impose President Bola Tinubu
on the party as its presidential candidate in 2023.
He noted that his tenure as APC national chairman was
defined by the defence of party rules and the conduct of free and fair
primaries.
Speaking while featuring News Central’s 60 Minutes with Mr
Kay, Oshiomhole said: “People wanted me to adopt their style and I can’t borrow
your style, I’m a labour man and I come from the real democratic foundation
where its not about your strength but numbers.
“So we have some governors who question my right as national
chairman to vote the party on the basis of its constitution. For example, the
then governor of Ogun State won’t comply with the then rules of the National
Working Committee because he was very close to the late former President Buhari
and because of that he was above the law.
“We conducted primaries but he chose to do his own, even
though Supreme Court has said there is only one registered political parties,
states and organization are no more. And when he decided to conduct his own
primaries we refused to recognize it, we upheld the result of the one we
conducted that produced Dapo Abiodun as governor.
“He then sponsored governorship and House of Assembly in
another political party called APM, Amosun imposed evil men and once we had the
evidence that he was campaigning against the party, the NWC that I chaired in
line with the party constitution, gave him a query, he didn’t answer and we
suspended him.
“Some of the governors told me to my face that they had no
problem with me because I have no problem with them but they believe that if I
remain as chairman, I would impose Bola Tinubu who was the then leader of the
party as presidential candidate on APC. I have told people that what you become
in life is not so much of what you pray for, it’s what God has willed for you.”
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