Four ministers from the South-South geopolitical zone have joined forces with those calling for the sacking of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole.
The ministers showed their stand against the former Edo State governor by attending an anti-Oshiomhole meeting in Abuja on Friday morning.Three other ministers from the zone were, however, absent from the meeting.
They declared confidence in the ability of the party’s NEC to resolve all outstanding disputes and contestations with a view to repositioning the party. “That we insist that the party should respect the current zoning arrangement by retaining the chairmanship of our great party in the South-South zone even in an acting capacity.
Those at the meeting also included former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba; former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Nguru Usani; ex-Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside; Senator Domingo Obende, factional chairman of the party in Edo State, Anslem Ojezua; party chieftain, Dr Ray Murphy; and Chief Osaro Idah.
It was gathered that the meeting was convened to map out strategies to among other things ensure that the chairmanship position is retained in the zone, even if temporarily, until a new zoning formula is arrived at by the party.
He said the clarification became necessary in the light of misinformation being peddled by some individuals in the media that the meeting had been scuttled. “We are compelled to conclude that there is a plan by desperate forces, working with interests outside the system, to create false flag as a strategy for the distraction of our great party. This negative plan, I dare say, is dead on arrival.
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