Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that he cannot be
removed from office on the pages of newspapers. He
made the assertion while speaking to State House
correspondents after a meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari .


This declaration is coming barely one day after he
shook hands with the National Leader of his party,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.


Odigie-Oyegun’s visit to the President was against the
background of the public spat between the two party
leaders arising from alleged differences in the conduct
of the Ondo state governorship primary of the party won
by Chief Rotimi Akeredolu.


The All Progressives Congress (APC), National
Chairman, also said that APC’s victory in Edo state
governorship election showed that the masses were still
very supportive of President Buhari, despite the difficult
economic situation in the country.


Tinubu had in a press statement, penultimate Sunday,
flayed Odigie-Oyegun’s act in overruling the decision of
an appeal committee constituted by the party for a fresh
primary, describing the national chairman as a turncoat
democrat, who should resign from office.


Vanguard reports that both men met for the first time
since the party crisis on Monday, October 3 at the
launch of a book on President Buhari, during which they
shook hands but virtually avoided each other for the rest
of the day.


Questioned on the confrontation with the party leader,
yesterday, Odigie-Oyegun said Tinubu used harsh words
on him, even as he denied a rift between them, saying it
was a difference in opinion.


The APC national chairman also said the procedure for
removing a chairman was provided in the party’s
constitution, adding that the National Executive
Committee, NEC, would meet at the appropriate time.


He said: “There is no rift with Asiwaju. We have a
difference of opinion, difference of perception and I think
that is normal. Yes, I agree that the nature of the statement
was a bit harsh.



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