Oyegun set to consult with Buhari over fall-out with Tinubu
Tue Sep 27, 2016 07:04:pm Politics
2.8K By Buchi Obichie
In response to the attack launched against him by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, is reportedly set to consult
with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Vowing not to lose his cool, Odigie-Oyegun yesterday said he would not respond to Tinubu, who he called a respected party leader; until after the crucial Governorship election taking place in his home state, Edo, tomorrow, September 28.
Tinubu had in a communiqué from his office on Sunday night, rebuked Odigie-Oyegun for allegedly sabotaging the wheels of democracy in Ondo State, following the decision to forward Chief Rotimi Akeredolu's name as the party's governorship candidate, despite claims by the party's Ondo Governorship Appeal Panel that the delegates' list used for the primaries was compromised.
Meanwhile, the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank, however picked up the attack by Tinubu as a vindication for him over his past demands that Odigie-Oyegun resign or be removed as National Chairman of the party.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Frank said if no action was taken, he would after 14 days, mobilise party members to protest against Oyegun in Abuja.
He said he was already mobilising some members of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party to convene an emergency NEC meeting.
He said, "I was one of the first persons in this party who took the bull by the horns to foresee what is happening today in our party, and I came out early to say there were issues or crisis in this party.
"As at that time, I was alone, nobody saw where I was coming from. This crisis started when the issue of the leadership of the National Assembly came up, and I foresaw it at that time that because of the decision and position that my party took at that time against their own party members like the Senate President and the Speaker, there could be further issues. I came up to shout but then again, nobody listened to me. Then, it was Saraki.
"They appropriated my job and said it is only Oyegun and the secretary that can speak for the party.
"Today, I have been vindicated. We all saw what happened in the aftermath of Ondo primary elections...a founding father of the party, a national leader of our party has concurred with my earlier call that Oyegun should resign as National Chairman.
"That should let you know that I foresaw what they did not see. Yes, he has tried by taking the party to where he thinks he has taken it to and I congratulate him for that, but again, you cannot give what you do not have."
Vowing not to lose his cool, Odigie-Oyegun yesterday said he would not respond to Tinubu, who he called a respected party leader; until after the crucial Governorship election taking place in his home state, Edo, tomorrow, September 28.
Tinubu had in a communiqué from his office on Sunday night, rebuked Odigie-Oyegun for allegedly sabotaging the wheels of democracy in Ondo State, following the decision to forward Chief Rotimi Akeredolu's name as the party's governorship candidate, despite claims by the party's Ondo Governorship Appeal Panel that the delegates' list used for the primaries was compromised.
Meanwhile, the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank, however picked up the attack by Tinubu as a vindication for him over his past demands that Odigie-Oyegun resign or be removed as National Chairman of the party.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Frank said if no action was taken, he would after 14 days, mobilise party members to protest against Oyegun in Abuja.
He said he was already mobilising some members of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party to convene an emergency NEC meeting.
He said, "I was one of the first persons in this party who took the bull by the horns to foresee what is happening today in our party, and I came out early to say there were issues or crisis in this party.
"As at that time, I was alone, nobody saw where I was coming from. This crisis started when the issue of the leadership of the National Assembly came up, and I foresaw it at that time that because of the decision and position that my party took at that time against their own party members like the Senate President and the Speaker, there could be further issues. I came up to shout but then again, nobody listened to me. Then, it was Saraki.
"They appropriated my job and said it is only Oyegun and the secretary that can speak for the party.
"Today, I have been vindicated. We all saw what happened in the aftermath of Ondo primary elections...a founding father of the party, a national leader of our party has concurred with my earlier call that Oyegun should resign as National Chairman.
"That should let you know that I foresaw what they did not see. Yes, he has tried by taking the party to where he thinks he has taken it to and I congratulate him for that, but again, you cannot give what you do not have."
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