•Oluwo was a serial opportunist — APC

By Emmanuel Aziken,


The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State has denied a secret pact with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to self-destruct the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the state.

The assertion by the PDP came as the APC in Lagos State yesterday decried the immediate past commissioner for energy, Mr. Olawale Oluwo as an opportunist who repeatedly sought to use the APC platform to promote his family interests.

The Oluwo caused a stir on Wednesday when he announced his resignation from the Akinwunmi Ambode administration and also defected from the APC to the PDP. His resignation had given vent to speculations of a secret pact between Ambode and the PDP that would see the governor remain in the APC and at the last minute throw support and logistics behind the PDP as revenge against his party for making him the first sitting governor of Lagos State to be denied a return ticket.

Mr. Felix Oboagwina, the director of media of the Jimi Agbaje governorship campaign rebuffing the assertion in an interview with Vanguard said: “Those are conjectures, those are theories, it doesn’t necessarily have to be true, but what can be said is that this was a marriage of convenience and it was bound to collapse and we are seeing the beginning of the end of that edifice that was put together just for a tyrannical purpose.”

Asserting that the APC was built on fraud, he said: “We have always known that his former party is one that does not stand for internal democracy neither does it stand for external democracy as manifested in the primaries that recently held which left a bitter taste in the mouth of members of the party and the public. “So, it didn’t come as a surprise, it was just a matter of time.

It indicates the beginning of the collapse of that marriage of convenience that was put in place just to remove the former government. It is just the beginning and we are expecting more. See what happened in Imo State also “We are expecting more of that to happen. When people come together in tyranny after destroying their common enemy, the next thing is that they begin to destroy one another.

So, anyone who has common sense would now begin to run away from this drowning Titanic.” The APC, however, rebuffed the claim as it accused Oluwo of serial opportunism despite the faithfulness of the party to him. The APC in a statement issued by its publicity secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe said: “It is on record that Oluwo first made an attempt to reap from the challenges of internal party democracy in our progressive movement when he teamed up with one of the losers in the 2007 primaries of the Action Congress to stop Babatunde Fashola’s sure victory at the polls. The unfortunate political adventurism failed woefully.

“However, in the conventional demonstration of mercy and forgiveness, Oluwo’s principal, Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi was accommodated in the second term cabinet of Governor Babatunde Fashola as the Commissioner for Tourism. “A similar milk of mercy and kindness led to the consideration Of Oluwo as a member of the Lagos State Executive Council under Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the hope that he has purged himself of opportunism, disloyalty and vaulting desperation for power. “Oluwo had hardly resumed as the Commissioner when he began his plot to use that office to advance his quest for political fiefdom.

The object of his ambition was the positioning of his wife as the chairman of a local government. “However, alert party men and women raised alarm about his anti-party antecedents wondering why someone who recently joined the party would want to use his position as commissioner to impose his wife on the constituency.

“The party rank and file aborted this abuse of power and reckless peddling of influence and everybody thought the lesson had been learnt. He, apparently, had not. As soon as the procedures for the general elections began, Oluwo once again became the only commissioner to seek his wife as the member of House of Assembly for Eti- Osa. “By now the pattern of his ambition had become clear.

The intrigue that enabled him to make his wife the first- term commissioner’s wife to become the chairperson of the committee which organised the annual National Women Conference became clear. It was meant to achieve undeserved visibility. “This obnoxious attempt to deceive party members was again foiled and it is the aggravated frustration that has led to this defection.

It has been necessary to put this in true context so as to dismiss the false and capricious insinuation that his resignation was in principled objection to the party’s last primaries. Far from it. He was only playing true to type, seeking as he had done in 2007 to reap from the primaries.”

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/aftermath-of-oluwos-defection-weve-no-secret-deal-with-ambode-lagos-pdp/

Why cry? The man is free to move to any party of his choice, the way Tinubu is free to change the governor of his choice. As simple as FTC is a choice!

alright

gud

buhari is a dawg

this kind game ambode dey play na wetin we call "destroy from within"

Loser thieving party....

Loser forever

wonderful

Honestly Wat dey did to ambode was shocking n I will not b surprise if he works against d party

Actually i think the tinubu dynasty did yorubas good. The man was by no means a good governor himself but by using his wealth to lift yorubas politically high is good. He built ACN and used his money to transform it and turn it to APC

However the yorubas mistakenly praise him for developing lagos...nothing can be far from the truth. Lagos was developed by fashola. And fashola wasnt the only governor of 2007 to 2015 set who was excellent. Names like sullivan, akpabio, kwankwaso, peter obi became popular because of wat they did in their states around the same period.

Tinubu dynasty HOWEVER NEEDS TO END FOR NIGERIA TO MOVE ON AS ONE NATION WITHOUT TRIBAL LEADERS BUT NATIONAL LEADERS LIKE OBJ, GEJ, BABANGIDA AND YAR'ADUA

Bad belle politics

The tone of the OP is typical of joe efulefu igbokwe.

There's a reason he's the house nigga.

Tinubus wife and children are free to aspire to any level of public office they wish but others are not free to do same.

Ambode is just a political
Rag!!

Gutless fish!!.
The only brave thing he can
Do is hand over Lagos to
PDP. . but then APC and PDP
Is same... So I Dont care!!!

carzola:
Ambode is just a political
Rag!!

Gutless fish!!.
The only brave thing he can
Do is hand over Lagos to
PDP. . but then APC and PDP
Is same... So I Dont care!!!

Guy pick a hustle already.

Insect that eat Beanz lives inside it

Ambode my niqqur

Destroy lagos apc abeg.

Joe igbokwe APC and hypocrisy on the highest order so tinubu can project his family member but olowo can not and when he dare it he is called names

somebody should advice Ambode o.

Allow Ambode to defend himself na. Who told you to defend him? they are so desperate. kai PDP. Acting so fast like they urinated on their fingers.

Bros! which kind laptop can i get for 25k to 30k.

I have said it that it is a matter of time for Ambode to start working against against the candidacy of Sanowo Olu.

Bede2u:
Actually i think the tinubu dynasty did yorubas good. The man was by no means a good governor himself but by using his wealth to lift yorubas politically high is good. He built ACN and used his money to transform it and turn it to APC

However the yorubas mistakenly praise him for developing lagos...nothing can be far from the truth. Lagos was developed by fashola. And fashola wasnt the only governor of 2007 to 2015 set who was excellent. Names like sullivan, akpabio, kwankwaso, peter obi became popular because of wat they did in their states around the same period.

Tinubu dynasty HOWEVER NEEDS TO END FOR NIGERIA TO MOVE ON AS ONE NATION WITHOUT TRIBAL LEADERS BUT NATIONAL LEADERS LIKE OBJ, GEJ, BABANGIDA AND YAR'ADUA

So Babangida is a national leader? Obj is a National Leader? Listen, no National Leader in this country. More so, is to those that are acquising other of tribalism that are actually tribalistic.

RemiOAjayi:


So Babangida is a national leader? Obj is a National Leader? Listen, no National Leader in this country. More so, is to those that are acquising other of tribalism that are actually tribalistic.

babangida and obj might be deeply corrupt...but they were not tribalistic at all.

Prove me wrong with scenerios that show them as tribal leaders or Religious bigots. Am waiting.

RemiOAjayi:


So Babangida is a national leader? Obj is a National Leader? Listen, no National Leader in this country. More so, is to those that are acquising other of tribalism that are actually tribalistic.

They are national leaders, yes they might not have been the best for the nation, but these people ensured Nigeria remain one indivisie nation and a liberal state. unlike the APC who are trying to impliment an Ethno religious dorminace. what exactly do you knw by one being one? If it wasnt for OBJ the core north would never allow any tribe access to the seat of power.
Tinubu in all his political exploits always stand by restructuring and now he is firmly at the center of a ruling party, he betrayed all the principles he stood for just for crumbs, restructuring is now not good for the Nation, Lagos should no longer be giving a special status? imagine the hypocracy? Lol. But in the end he will be put to shame.

ernesty20:
buhari is a dawg

how can u call somebody that likes cow a dawg