All Progressives Congress, APC national leader,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has demanded
the resignation of the national chairman of
the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun who he
claimed Sunday had derailed from the path of
progressives.
In a stinking communiqué from his media
office, Tinubu accused Oyegun of sabotaging
the will of democracy in Ondo State by
overriding the decision of the appeal panel
that asked for a fresh governorship primary
following investigations that showed that the
delegates’ list used had been tampered with.
Tinubu in the communiqué further alleged
that Oyegun’s action in allegedly subverting
the will of the people was not of his doing,
saying that for a man of the age of the
national chairman to have done what he did
that he must have been under the influence of
a “powerful and sinister arm at work.”
Tinubu who said that the APC was now under
threat of being suffocated by anti-democratic
forces pretending to be progressives, said:
“The APC, a party born of the quest for
democratic good governance, is under
critical threat by those who managed to be in
the party but never of it. From the party’s
inception, the principles of democratic
fairness and justice were to guide
APC internal deliberations. Party founders
realized that only by intramural fair
dealing could the party remain faithful to the
progressive ideals that we presented to the
Nigerian electorate as our governing creed. If
the party could not justly govern itself, it
would find it difficult to establish and
maintain just government throughout the
nation.
“In essence, the party was the embodiment
of a democratic promise made between its
members as well as a democratic vow made to
the public. Evidently, some errant members
believe promises and vows are mere words to
be easily spoken and more easily broken.
Chairman John Oyegun has breached these
good pledges in a most overt and brazen
display. In doing so, Oyegun
has dealt a heavy blow to the very party he
professes to lead. It is an awful parent who
suffocates his own child for the sake of a few
naira. The party was supposed to buttress APC
members elected to government at all levels.
Because of Oyegun’s conduct of our affairs,
the party is rapidly becoming an albatross to
those it was meant to help.
“Oyegun’s comportment regarding the Ondo
State primary will become
the textbook definition of political treachery
and malfeasance of the basest order. In early
September, the state primary was
held. A purported winner was named. Having
faith in the ways of the party, Tinubu publicly
accepted what he assumed to be a
verdict honestly derived. As a democrat,
one must face the possibility of defeat and
accept such as outcome with as much grace as
one would embrace victory. One of the few
bright spots during the conduct of the
primaries was Jigawa Governor, Alhaji
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar. He chaired the
primary convention with decorum and
impartiality. He was unaware that a tampered
list had been slipped into the process.
“Indeed within hours of the announcement,
news began to filter in that gravely disturbed
me. Credible allegations of fraud troubled the
waters. The delegate list had been materially
altered by someone in a strategic position
to so do. The names of over 150 valid
delegates were excised to make room for an
equal number of impostors. This was
not a clerical error. The alteration was wilfully
executed that the primary would be
directed toward a chosen
end that bore nothing in common with the will
of most state party members. A cunning few
had tried to deceive the many into believing
they were outnumbered.
“A conspiracy to steal the Ondo primary had
been uncovered. Fortunately, the grand
deception afoot had been unable to cover its
tracks fast enough. Truth began to cry
for justice.
“Several candidates filed petitions contesting
the result. The party established an
investigative board to review the evidence. In
a two to one decision, the panel found the
delegate roster had suffered tampering. The
panel recommended that a new
primary should be held using the valid
delegate list. This recommendation was
tabled before the National Working
Committee (NWC).
“After many hours of deliberations spanning
several days, a final vote was held by the
NWC. Before hand, NWC members agreed
that the decision of the majority would
become the stance of the party. Such is the
way of democracy. The NWC
voted six against five to cancel the
fraudulent results and hold an honest
primary. For a moment, it seemed the party
would restore its integrity by giving democracy
a chance. However, those who sought
to scam an entire state would not let the vote
of 11 people spoil their enterprise.
“After the NWC vote, a noticeably
agitated Chairman Oyegun proposed the NWC
engage in prayer before concluding the
meeting. Adhering to this chairman’s request,
NWC members began to pray. Seeing that the
others had taken his bait, Oyegun used the
prayerful interlude to secretly excuse himself
from the meeting. Contravening the NWC
decision and in violation of all rules of
fundamental decency, Oyegun decided
to safeguard the fraud done in Ondo by
perpetrating a greater fraud. Oyegun
arrogated to himself the right to submit the
name of Rotimi Akeredolu to INEC as the
candidate of the party.
“Truth has finally come to light. There exists a
regressive element in the party that cares
nothing for the progressive ideas upon which
this party was founded. They joined the APC
because it was the best ride available at the
time. Now they want to guide the party into
the ditch. They want to turn the party into a
soulless entity incapable of doing good, just
like they are. When such a person tastes
power, they shed all good restraint. They
come to abuse the trust given them as if they
are the owners of that trust and not its mere
custodians. These people did little to build the
party but now will do much to wreck it.
“Our party was to stand for change. Oyegun
and his fellows seem to be on a different wave
length. They are the cohort of Unchange. The
APC wants to guide Nigeria into a better
tomorrow. Oyegun and the cohort of
unchange want to pull Nigeria back into the
past where rigging and vote stealing were the
old and new testaments of politics. They want
the people to think that there is no
alternative to their reactionary system of
skewed politics and imperious
government. Thus, they seek to turn the APC
into a factory of the very political malpractices
the people soundly rejected in the past
election. To choke the APC in this manner is to
kill the chance for progressive reform for the
foreseeable future. Much more than the Ondo
primary is at stake. Oyegun has revealed his
team’s game plan: It is the destruction of
progressive politics and governance on behalf
of the people.
“As party chairman, Oyegun was supposed
to protect our internal processes and be an
impartial arbiter, a person in whom all had
confidence. Instead,
he donned the garment of a
confident man, duping the NWC, the
party, and INEC in one fell blow. He has
robbed APC members in Ondo State of the
chance to pick in a fair manner who they
believe is the best candidate.
“As such, he has broken faith with the party
and probably has broken a few laws. The
consequences of what he has done are more
expansive than a man of his scope can
fathom,” Tinubu said as he said that Oyegun
must have been under some major sinister
influence as to allow what happened.
“With strong expectation, we await a response
to Oyegun’s wrongdoing from those who
clamored so long and loudly about Tinubu’s
alleged role in the Ondo primary.
“Leading into the primary, a prominent lawyer
from Ondo published lengthy missives alleging
that Tinubu was a malicious hand intent on
rigging the primary. His letters spoke of his
great love for democracy and justice. Though
Oyegun has assaulted democracy in a most
public and vulgar way, this lawyer’s prolific
pen will remain stilled. He dare not publish a
word about this travesty. His silence will be
sign for all who care to decipher its meaning.
“The plan was to point the accusing finger at
Tinubu. With everyone focused on Tinubu,
they would have distracted all attention from
the heist they had set in motion. As fate would
have it, the trickery they hoped to conduct in
the shadows has come to light.
“Those who so
actively attributed imaginary wrong to Tinubu
now stand dumb and mute in the face
of confirmed impropriety. They remain silent
for reasons they cannot divulge. Oyegun and
his ilk turn out to be gangsters adorned in the
tunic of party authority.
“Oyegun has engaged in the strange math
where five is greater than six. This smacks
of how the PDP conducted its affairs and
orchestrated its own downfall. Tinubu
disparaged such malpractice when it was not
in his party. Tinubu surely disowns it now that
it has invaded the party he helped bring to
fruition.
“Tinubu has consciously refused to hold any
official position with the party to avoid the
perception that he was trying to control all
and sundry. Tinubu has even kept his peace
for some time despite many things that
happened within the party that were not quite
right. He exercised this forbearance because
the party is young. A collective endeavor
cannot avoid the mistakes and errors of
organizational newness and evolution.
“Yet, the wrongs Oyegun committed had
nothing to do with newness or the mistakes
occasioned by the path of reform. His actions
are in the nature of the old wrongs that have
afflicted our national politics much too long. If
Oyegun wants to walk backward into the past,
he has every right to it. However, he has no
right to drag the party or any of us with
him. Against our choosing.
“The informal title of national leader of the
party was given to Tinubu at the onset which
he accepted it as a sign from those who
wished to recognize my contributions to the
party’s formation. It is an honorific title which
he has been proud to wear until today. I
would rather not have any title yet reside in a
party that honors democracy than hold a title
in a party that says it honors me but that
treats justice with indecency. I find greater
honour and comfort where democracy and
fairness are found and respected.
“Oyegun has done the irredeemable. His coup
is an insult to party and to patriot, to reason
and to the reform agenda of this government.
To remain silent would be to admit the defeat
of the reform and progressive change many
have labored to bring forth. While the forces
resistant to change and reform are strong,
Tinubu dare not submit to them. Tinubu
encourages all party members not to submit
to them. If we acquiesce in this wrong, the
one greater than this shall cascade upon us.
“Oyegun’s transgressions are a warning. He is
but the mercenary of forces that seek to
return the nation to the old ways. If they get
away with this infraction, no telling what or
whom they will undermine tomorrow. Much is
at stake. On the chopping block, lies the future
of the political party in which the majority of
voters had placed their confidence. To rescue
the party, Oyegun must go. He has shown that
he and democratic fair play cannot exist in the
same party at the same time. If Tinubu is to
choose between John Oyegun and progress
toward a better Nigeria, the choice has
already been made. For those who care about
the party, who care about Nigeria and its
chance for a better tomorrow, now is
the time to stand against this brewing evil
before it grows to encompass all we have
built and all we hold dear.”




www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/asiwaju-bola-ahmed-tinubu-demands-john-odigie-oyegun-resignation/

Ghen ghen

They will destroy themselves by themselves... please all Nairalanders should join me to say this pray...My father my father,,employ the enemies of my enemies and use them to destroy my enemies...Amen! There end is near.

What goes around, comes around.

The cabals have taken over. If you see the northern mafia and you no run then leg dey pain you. I repeat, leg dey pain you

Ok

Local champion Tinubu have not see anything yet. By the time North finish dealing with him he will know that national politics is not lagos politics. I no dey pity him

Okkk

Pls destroy yourselves

I trust the north they will stop at nothing to bring Tinibu down before 2019 . Tinibu will soon become a tenant in Apc.

*Signing*.....


The first betrayal who gave away Marcus Garvey

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