Crisis has erupted in Delta State
chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This followed National Chairman,
Adams Oshiomhole’s inauguration of the Prophet Jones Erue-led executive.
Former National Chairman, John
Odige-Oyegun, had sworn in the Chief Cyril Ogodo-led state executive.
Speaking on the matter, National
Vice Chairman, South-South, APC, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, denied claims that
Oshiomhole was dismantling Oyegun’s structure in Delta.
“The national chairman of the
party, Comrade Oshiomhole, did not swear in Prophet Jones Erue as Delta state
chairman of APC unilaterally. Erue was sworn in with the National Working
Committee, NWC, of the party in attendance”, he told Vanguard.
“We believe that due process was
followed in the election of Prophet Erue and his executive. It is not an
attempt by the party to favour any group in the party. What we have done is to
follow the rule of law.
“It is laughable for any person
to say that the inauguration of Erue executive was to hand over governorship ticket
to Ogboru when the party had declared few days back that it was going to adopt
direct primary option.
“Even the Delta state leadership
of APC cannot determine who is going to be the governorship candidate, the
power is with the party faithful, not to talk of the national leaders of the
party, who are far-off in Abuja and other places.”
On why the party did not wait for
the Reconciliation Committee, headed by the Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, he said: “The question will be best answered by
the national chairman or Kachikwu himself.”
In his reaction, Chief Ogodo
said: “As the chairman of the party, I was not at any meeting where Ogboru was
given the nod to become our governorship candidate.
“But the body language of the
national leadership is that they want to give the structure to Ogboru. And that
is already clear and Ogboru is beaming with smiles now.”
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