Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of
Ondo state, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries as a
charade which exposed the incompetence of Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the
ruling party.
He said this while reacting to an
allegation that three governors, led by Akeredolu, were bent on sabotaging the
party.
Akeredolu said recent events
justified his opposition to Oshiomhole’s choice as party chairman, adding that
those who feel aggrieved reserve the right to demand justice, including calling
for Oshiomhole’s removal.
The governor, however, said he
was committed to President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.
During a pro-Oshiomhole protest
at the APC secretariat on Tuesday, Akeredolu was listed as the leader of the
conservatives bent on the removal of Oshiomole.
But Akeredolu, who described
organisers of the protest as opportunists, denied the allegation, saying he
found it laughable and distracting.
“The governor had expressed
preference for someone else during the contest for the office of the Chairman
of the party,” he said in a statement which Doyin Odebowale, his senior special
adviser on special duties and strategy, issued on his behalf.
“He did not hide his opposition
to Mr Oshiomole’s aspiration for the simple reason that the leadership of a
party, especially the one just emerging from a merger, should distance itself
from egregious and inherently destructive narcissism.
“Recent events seem to justify
this position as prescient. Only sycophants will fail to see the obvious. Mr
President would not have expressed worries over the crises in the Party if
everything had gone on smoothly.
“The handlers of the mob strive
in vain to set the President against certain government functionaries
considered antagonistic to their pernicious scheme for dominance.
“Their devious plot to outsmart
those perceived as opposing their expansionist tendency compelled them to take
desperate measures. Anyone endowed with an attitude of sobriety should have
seen the need for calm.
“Rather than retrace their steps
and display genuine contrition, their desperation pushes them to embrace
measures capable of not only hurting the Party, but, regrettably, the
President, whom they pretend to love so much.
“Those who collected varying and
humongous amounts as fees from aspirants during the last grandiose charade
called primaries and submitted names dictated to them by a cabal, notorious for
capturing political power for unbridled pillage, should be bold to explain
their real motives to the people. They should be honest enough to deal with the
issues.
Akeredolu recalled his “noble
interventions” in restoring Oshiomole’s stolen mandate.
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