Adams Oshiomhole, senatorial hopeful, and Kayode Fayemi,
governor of Ekiti state, have traded words over an allegation made by the
former APC national chairman.
In an interview with Channels Television, Oshiomhole said
Fayemi asked him to rig the party’s primary election in 2018 in favour of some
unnamed people.
“In one of the meetings I had with governor Fayemi – he told
me bluntly to my face that ‘chairman what we are saying is you can go and
conduct election and fulfil all righteousness but if we say this the person to
emerge just make sure he emerges’,” he said.
“I told Governor Fayemi that it would be his portion, not me.
“I can’t be used as
an instrument of fraud to invite people to buy forms and convince them that
they are going for the primary, regardless of how the people will vote and this
is the man that will prevail? You want to use me for such a purpose?”
But Fayemi dismissed the allegation, saying it is laughable.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Fayemi has no reason
to approach Comrade Oshiomhole for favours for any election. Fayemi has a
stellar track record of being a consummate democrat even in difficult times,”
Olayinka Oyebode, media aide to Fayemi, quoted him as saying.
“The allegation,
which was made on national television, is not only false, puerile, and laughable,
it is a figment of the imagination of the former APC chairman as Fayemi has
never asked Oshiomhole to rig the election for him or any other person and
never had any reason to ask for such.
“Members of the public are therefore urged to disregard the
allegations by Oshiomhole, who apparently is still experiencing a
post-traumatic stress disorder because of his removal as chairman of APC.
“If true, we challenge Oshiomhole to provide the public with
independently verifiable evidence of his unsubstantiated claims.”
In June 2020, the APC national executive committee (NEC)
dissolved the national working committee (NWC) led by the former Edo governor
following a crisis in the party at the time.
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