Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he cannot mortgage his
conscience to keep his job.
The national chairman said this
while briefing state house correspondents after meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.
While answering questions on the
crisis rocking the party from the recently concluded primaries, he said only
three APC governors were not happy with the way he was running the party while
others are rest assured that he is doing his best.
The national chairman said he
would rather listen to his conscience than give in to pressures and do what is
wrong.
Oshiomhole said it is only in
Nigeria that 10 aspirants will compete for one seat, one person wins and the
other nine will wonder why they did not win.
“Let me say that if there is a
choice between my conscience – what I believe is right and mortgaging that
conscience in order to keep the job, I will have no difficulty resolving it in
favour of my conscience,” Oshiomhole said.
“And those who know me know that
at my age, I cannot learn new tricks. I am absolutely committed to justice,
fairness, I am a stickler to enforcement of rules; because the source of
relevance is derived from rules. I have lived my life fighting for justice and
fairness.
“Three governors are not
particularly pleased with the outcome of the primaries in their states.
“These are internal family
issues; they are my friends, and that is important, even in moment of distress,
that friendship is I want to believe is enough to help us to build a
reconciliation.
“There is no running away from
the fact that we are the governing party who has a higher stake; we are the one
in the news; if we were in the stock market, our shares would have increased
considerably.
“So, it is not surprising that
there is some disquiet but I remain a friend to this governors, I respect them;
I appreciate them for the fact that but for their support, I will not be
chairman and you don’t go stepping on toes of those who helped you to get into
position.”
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