APC under you conducted Nigeria’s worst primaries, Amosun replies Oshiomhole

Senator Ibikunle Amosun, a former Governor of Ogun State, has publicly criticized the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, alleging that he misrepresented the facts surrounding his removal from office.

Amosun accused Oshiomhole of overseeing some of the worst primaries in the history of Nigeria’s contemporary politics, a factor he believes contributed to Oshiomhole’s eventual removal as the party chairman.JAMB Result

In a press release issued to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Amosun admonished the ex-Edo State governor to stop disparaging former President Muhammadu Buhari in an attempt to curry favor with the administration of the current President, Bola Tinubu. Amosun went as far as describing Oshiomhole as the ‘biggest destructive threat’ to the APC during his time as chairman, asserting that this necessitated his removal.NYSC Portal

This statement from Amosun was in direct response to claims made by Oshiomhole at the launch of the book “APC and Transition Politics,” authored by APC chieftain Malam Salihu Lukman, in Abuja on Tuesday. During the event, Oshiomhole claimed that President Buhari did not intervene in the political crisis that led to his (Oshiomhole’s) removal as the national chairman of the APC. Furthermore, Oshiomhole accused Lukman, along with former Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi and Amosun, of orchestrating his controversial ouster from the party leadership.

This exchange highlights the ongoing internal dynamics within the APC, reflecting the complexities and challenges of managing a major political party in Nigeria.InformationGuideNigeria

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He lamented, “Lukman wrote several letters, dismissing my leadership without calling me. When you ride on the back of a tiger, there is only one destination. I wrote to the governors for a meeting. The governors said no, I should come to Imo House, not the APC office. He (pointing to Lukman) was there. He did not see anything wrong with that.JAMB Portal

“It felt as though I was in a military barrack. But I told them none of you can lecture me about the power of a governor because I have been governor twice. Eight years uninterrupted. At a point, I told Fayemi, ‘You did a resit. You were elected and by the second term, you lost. That means you failed’. I did not do a resit, and you are lecturing me about power. I can mention some of them.

“The man in Ogun State (Amosun), he told me if not for the President, he would have left the party. Some of them told me ‘You are working for your paymaster in Lagos. Your paymaster in Bourdillon.’”

Midway into his speech, Oshiomhole turned to warn the current National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to be prepared if he doesn’t want the APC governors to pull the same political intrigue against his leadership.

“Mr Chairman, sir, if you have not faced it already, you will face it. The only difference is if the President decides to intervene and moderate. In my own case, we have a President who was not ready to intervene,” he said.

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