Ex-Ogun Governor, Oshiomhole Tango Over 2019 Polls, APC Affairs
POLITICS DIGEST- Former Governor of Ogun state, Sen Ibikunle Amosun yesterday faulted the claim by the former national chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that he, alongside governors of the party were opposed to internal democracy in the party.
Amosun in a statement insist that Oshiomhole lacks the moral right to point accusing fingers at him over the conduct of party primaries ahead of the 2019 poll.
Omosun said party stakeholders were left with no option but to get rid of Oshiomhole due to his destructive conduct in the party.
Oshiomhole had on Tuesday during the launch of the book titled: “APC and Transition Politics” held in Abuja claimed that Amosun not only threatened to dump the APc, but joined other governors in resisting the attempt to ensure the conduct of a free and fair primaries acceptable to stakeholders of the party.
Oshiomhole particularly accused Amosun and his peers in the progressives governors forum (PGF) of insisting on imposing their preferred choices as their successors in breach of the party guidelines for the conduct of primaries.
Reacting to the claim, Amosun noted: “It’s been a struggle since yesterday on what to make of the ‘tales by moonlight’ that Senator Adams Oshiomhole treated the audience of Dr. Salihu Lukman, to at his book launch, “APC and Transition Politics”, in Abuja.
“This apparent struggle was not for want of a proportional response to his deliberate drivel, but because not only was his story fraught with lies, but also because he did not boast the requisite integrity to say the truth.
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“If anyone was in doubt that Senator Oshiomhole posed the biggest and most destructive threat to the existence of the APC at that time, and the party’s best bet was to dispose of a canon folder that he was and unfortunately still is, his utterances and grandstanding yesterday at an occasion to find solutions to our democratic and party challenges, would have cleared such mindset.
“If he wanted to insult our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, he could have come out boldly to do so. But his subtle attempt to pass snide remarks at him failed the simple test of loyalty because the former president also moved from his own party to merge with other like-minds to form the APC.
“Also, if he is seeking favour from the presidency, why not come out and do so? But to tell barefaced lies that, “You are working for your paymaster in Lagos, paymaster in Bourdillon,” is cheap but typical of an individual, who suddenly found himself where he never dreamt of, despite his obvious limitations – education and exposure.
“If the public will remember, soon after Senator
Oshiomhole was sworn in as a Senator, he allegedly said members of the 9th Senate had vandalized their offices before leaving, only for him to eat the humble pie and made to apologise later when it was obvious that the allegations were baseless.
“My honest advice to him is to carefully and soberly sit down to take stock of his past so that it will continue to serve as a guide for him in his future public utterances rather than dragging the names of innocent people into a needless controversy because in Africa, age and leadership are associated with wisdom.
Oshiomhole, while reacting to Amosun’s statement said the former governor is a pathological liar.
He recalled that Amosun supported a governorship candidate on the platform of an opposition party when he was Ogun APC leader.
However, he denied disrespecting former President Buhari, saying that he supported him as party chairman.
In a statement in Abuja, Oshiomhole who took exception to Amosun’s remark that he found himself in too public positions, saying: “I don’t think I need to comment on that because you can’t fight with pigs in the mud water.”
