A former National Chairman of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has fired back at the
current chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Oyegun, in a statement on
Tuesday, accused Oshiomhole of looking for scapegoats rather than focusing on
his personal failings as the serving party chairman.
Oyegun was reacting to an earlier
statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre
Issa-Onilu, which described the leadership of ex-National Chairman as a replica
of the undisciplined and iniquitous style of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In the statement signed by Ray
Morphy, Public Affairs Adviser to Chief Odigie-Oyegun, the immediate past APC
Chairman said his era was the golden era of the party.
“Oshiomhole should not destroy
what others had laboured to build. If he needs tutorial on how to run a party,
he should ask for it civilly. John Oyegun will be more than happy to help.
“The Oshiomhole Executive is
about a year in office, why does he find it hard to function without looking
for excuses and scape goats? It is common knowledge that Oshiomhole ran the
most fraudulent primaries in the history of politics in Nigeria.
“Recall that INEC said so when it
adjudged Oshiomhole primaries as the worst so far. The courts are saying the
same thing today by upturning many APC primaries for being undemocratic and
less than fair. Was it Oyegun who ran the primaries?
“Odigie-Oyegun is an accomplished
technocrat, a super permanent secretary, a former Governor, a man without
blemish working with others, cobbled together creditably the legacy parties,
and held them together with tact, diplomacy and finesse until Oshiomhole came
along. To his credit, Oyegun did not lose one member of the party.
“As an elder, as a leader, Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun will not join issues with those who apparently are casting
about looking for excuses for their inability to manage a ruling party
successfully. Indeed it is absurd to lose states with all the capacity at the
disposal of the current Chair.
“Party members know that APC
witnessed its golden years under the chairmanship of Oyegun and no one can
change that bit of political history.
“By the way, the vote increase to
Mr President is a reflection of the confidence the people repose in the
President despite the fumbles of the Oshiomhole sole administratorship of the
party!
“It will be recalled that Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun just received The Zik award for Political Leadership
alongside John Mahama, the former President of Ghana. In the award citation, he
was extolled for exemplary political leadership of APC.
“Posterity has already given its
verdict, Oyegun led the party to resounding victory.
“Oshiomhole should not destroy
what others had laboured to build. If he needs tutorial on how to run a party,
he should ask for it civilly. John Oyegun will be more than happy to help,
after all, no man would like to see his son scatter what he had laboured to
build,” the former APC chairman said.
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