The All Progressives Congress members opposed to its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and his supporters on Sunday stepped up the battle for control of the party ahead of its Tuesday’s National Ex
ecutive Committee meeting.that there was no going back on their decision to remove Oshiomhole, the Chairman of the APC in Lagos State, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, said state chairmen of the party would not abandon the former Edo State governor.
Twenty-four hours later, a Federal High Court sitting Kano gave a contradictory judgment by nullifying Oshiomhole’s suspension. Explaining the implications of the plot to remove Oshiomhole, the APC national leader said anti-Oshiomhole forces were doing a great disservice to the administration of Buhari.
“His contributions should not be undervalued now that the bulk of elections are behind us. To do so would be an act of ingratitude,” he added.He, however, said the APC had “moved through proper procedures within the proper organs of the party to hopefully resolve this spat.” “Those engaged in these manoeuvres see themselves as clever or cunning. They do so because they only understand the mean craft of political intrigue. They have yet to understand the value and long-term utility of democratic governance. Thus, they embark on the strangest of quest. They would rather dismantle and weaken the institutional core of their party just to gain control of that weakened edifice in order to pilfer the party nomination, which they crave.
He stated, “Politicians express loyalty to him but the words of too many of our politicians are like butter under a burning sun; they melt quickly away. Better to be loyal in deed. Instead of trying to manipulate party and other mechanisms solely to their political gain, it is time to shelve political intrigue for the time being.”
Berating such politicians, he said, “Their vision is blurred and judgment made faulty by their ailment. We are democrats so we cannot physically quarantine them. However, we can quarantine their ideas and antics by not falling prey to them. This is the best way we help President Buhari fulfil his mandate and inoculate our party and the nation from grave folly.”
Although it was gathered that the governors were still insisting on his removal, he would be allowed to resign in order to get a federal appointment. “Without being told, you should know that with the number and calibre of persons who attended the South-South stakeholders’ consultative forum last weekend, this movement to take back our party is not a hoax.
He described Oshiomhole as a protector of the oppressed. Ogiemwonyi explained that he was at the gathering because of the personality of the APC chairman whom he had known as a man who respected the rule of law. “The issues we have today have lingered on maybe because of the wrong approaches to handling them or because of deliberate misinformation by those who have access to the media and who would rather change the narrative.”
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