'Like a super king, being narcissistic as usual, he glossed over his suspension by his ward, forgetting that APC’s constitution is scant with time, for it allows only seven days for the offender to appeal.” Nigeria Oshiomhole Politics REdoPrimary
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Some stakeholders, however, expressed worries over INEC’s haste in taking sides without due consideration for the legal and other internal disputes within the APC, particularly the purported suspension of National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. Etta said: “The June 22 primary will settle all issues. Direct or indirect method is in our party’s constitution. Direct or indirect was chosen by every state when we started the process of primary elections in 2019. The governorship election is a culmination of that process; we don’t have two different elections.
On the issue of first refusal being canvassed by supporters of the governor, Etta stressed: “Where have we ever given incumbent governors the right of first refusal? Is Obaseki from a different breed of governors? Don’t we have governors in the party?” He warned that if Oshiomhole and the NWC were not called to order, the crises rocking the party could deepen beyond repair ahead of the 2023 general elections. He also alleged that Oshiomhole’s alleged preference for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu does not qualify him to contest the election on the APC’s platform until the NEC of the party had cleared him.
Jibrin recalled how on August 29, 2018, the NEC delegated the function to NWC and the state chapters of the party only for the purpose of Osun and Ekiti primary elections, and not for eternity. Okechukwu said further: “Like a super king, being narcissistic as usual, he glossed over his suspension by his ward, forgetting that APC’s constitution is scant with time, for it allows only seven days for the offender to appeal.”
He expressed displeasure over the “singlehanded manner Oshiomhole and his cohorts” adopted direct primary without subjecting the decision to the ratification of NEC. “This in itself is a breach of our constitution and is challengeable in any competent court of law,” he said.
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