Oyegun to Tinubu: let’s unite for Ondo pollby Tony Akow, October 08, 2016 at 12:01 am in Featured,News

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) said yesterday it had commenced wide consultation with major stakeholders of the party to address the bad blood generated by the party’s recent governorship primaries in Ondo State.

APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, whose handling of the dispute drew flak from the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, called for truce yesterday.

He stressed the need for the APC to go into the election as a united body instead of dissipating energy on issues that could be resolved with the aid of the party’s internal mechanism.

Oyegun who also responded to Tinubu’s call to resign for allegedly overruling the APC National Working Committee (NWC) vote on the Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee Report said he felt insulted by the allegation.

He said : “There was absolutely no meeting which I chaired that voted in the manner alleged. Clearly, the report on which the media office of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu acted was a figment of someone’s wild imagination.”

He added: “On Thursday 22nd September, 2016, being the final day for submission of candidate by political parties, the NWC discussed the possibility of voting, having finished deliberation on the 2016 Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee Report because members in support of cancelling the primary results were still strident in their position.

“A member of the NWC however drew the attention of the meeting to its previous decision in which the report of the Primary Election Committee was adopted while the Appeal Committee was set aside.

“The implication of this decision, he reasoned, was that a decision to submit the name of the winner of the primary election was already taken unless the NWC will now wish to reconsider its earlier decision. I agreed with this and ruled that the previous decision of the NWC be upheld.

“The Ondo State approved delegates list was compiled in strict compliance with the party’s constitution. Only qualified delegates were included in the list.

“Moreso, none of the aspirants or the Appeal Committee has submitted to NWC a list of delegates who were not qualified to be included in the delegates list but were listed as delegates or presumed qualified delegates who were not included in the delegates list used for the primary.”

On the allegation that he used the period of prayer interlude to excuse himself and went to submit the name of Akeredolunto INEC, he said the “allegation is high fiction and an insult to the intelligence and sensibility of the respected NWC members present at the meeting.

“We do not and have never engaged in prayer interludes/sessions outside the usual opening and closing prayers. The prayer that is being referred to must be the closing prayer for the meeting.”

On the allegation of corruption, he said: “Nobody has the kind of money that can buy my conscience or make me do injury to an innocent man.

“In all the primaries conducted under my watch as National Chairman, I have strived to ensure a free, fair, transparent and credible process.

“The 2016 Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Election was not an exception. There must be internal democracy in the party and our constitution must be respected by all.

“The Party’s NWC decision to reject the 2016 Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee Report was taken on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 in executive session after careful and exhaustive deliberations. The minutes and rejection were confirmed by the NWC on Thursday, September 22, 2016.

“The NWC in its four-point resolution rejected the Appeal Committee’s recommendation on the grounds that the report was fundamentally and fatally flawed.

“The NWC observed that the Appeal Committee contradicted itself when it admitted in its report, ‘In making the above recommendations one is not unmindful of the fact that there may have been substantial compliance in the conduct of the exercise.’ but still proceeded to recommend the nullification of the primary election.

“The NWC in its four-point resolution faulted the failure of the Appeal Committee to invite the National Secretariat as the custodian, to authenticate or otherwise the source of the disputed delegates list.

“Also, the Appeal Committee did not invite the Chairman or members of the Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee to clarify issues relating to the allegation of manipulation of the accreditation process.

“The Appeal Committee rather relied totally on unsubstantiated evidence(s) in the petitions it received to recommend the nullification of the primary. This is against the principle of natural justice and fair hearing.

“The NWC equally observed a serious contradiction in the Appeal Committee’s report in respect of the number of the accredited delegates. Whereas the Primary Election Committee’s report indicated that 2,774 delegates were accredited, the Appeal Committee’s report erroneously recorded it as those who voted in the election, thereby acting under the false impression that there was over-voting in the exercise. The actual total number of votes cast was 2,754, as clearly recorded in the Primary Election Committee’s report.

“The issue of fresh primaries did not arise as NWC had already rejected the Appeal Committee’s report in view of the stated flaws and upheld the election. In any case, any fresh primary was already time barred. By the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), all governorship primaries and issues related ended on September 19, 2016.

“Also, voting on the issue became unnecessary and never took place in view of the NWC’s rejection of the Appeal Committee’s report.

“The foregoing are facts backed by the minutes approved by all NWC members that attended the meetings held in respect of 2016 Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee Report.

“Going forward, I appeal very passionately to leaders and members of the Party at all levels to explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms in addressing their perceived grievances instead of resorting to the media to vent their spleen.

“There are enormous challenges in delivering on the Party’s 2015 election promises to Nigerians. On the immediate horizon is the task of winning the governorship election in Ondo state. We cannot afford to be distracted by the present contentions.

“I wish to assure Party members that despite the media attention that has been generated by the disagreements in the aftermath of the 2016 Ondo State Governorship Primary Election, the Party is focused on the task ahead and we urge our Party leaders and teeming supporters to also remain calm. The Party has already commenced wide consultations with stakeholders with a view to resolving the political differences that still exist. Hurling brickbats cannot help the cause of the party in any way.

“The APC national leadership remains united and solidly committed to the task of winning the Ondo state governorship election to save the people of the state from the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).”


http://thenationonlineng.net/oyegun-tinubu-lets-unite-ondo-poll/

What the heavens have divided let no man try to bring together.

APC is a strange bedfellows built with saliva and is already destroyed by the dews.

'ebi ni un pa Mona Mona ku, aja tukaa ni ti aagbaari' oro ti oke te ba de ba 'ile so ni 'ile un gbo., APC o ti di ewure jele jele ooo, o de ti di aguntan jemo jemo' o di aiye atun wa ki o to le ni alafia'. Jeki ituka ati iyaapa be re lodi lodi...

Really?

Though I didn't read the epistle as I ain't a fan of Mr. Oyegun, but mehn you can't F me up and then call for a truce. That ain't a truce, it's just me saying " dude my will has been done , live with it. "

Whatever rocks your boats.


Just check my signature.

Firefire:
What the heavens have divided let no man try to bring together.

APC is a strange bedfellows built with saliva and is already destroyed by the dews.

'ebi ni un pa Mona Mona ku, aja tukaa ni ti aagbaari' oro ti oke te ba de ba 'ile so ni 'ile un gbo., APC o ti di ewure jele jele ooo, o de ti di aguntan jemo jemo' o di aiye atun wa ki o to le ni alafia'. Jeki ituka ati iyaapa be re lodi lodi...

Mehn this is deep..

Guess APC must have dealt with you real bad

BiafraBushBoy:


Mehn this is deep..

Guess APC must have dealt with you real bad

Are you in Nigeria? If yes, you should understand the level of hardship this useless party have brought upon all inhabitant of the land.

Firefire:



Are you in Nigeria? If yes, you should understand the level of hardship this useless party have brought upon all inhabitant of the land.

lol... Sorry about that...

They will be kicked out come 2019 na... I believe the Nigerian Electorates..

APC, United We Stand.

Kole werk

Seriously, Tinubu should just learn to forget this whole issue and unite with others so APC can have a flawless victory in Ondo state

Politics! No permanent enemy, no permanent friend but permanent interest.

APC is gradually hitting self-destruct.

But wait Oyegun and Tinubu fighting shamelessly to imposition their candidates. Unfortunately, Tinubu should know the national chairman of the party, is a constitutional position, while the national leader is a ceremonial positional.

In other words Oyegun, has the final say. They should both put their tussle for power and demonstration of political might behind each other and work for the common interest of the party, which is winning ondo for APC

After running your mouth and feeling like a little god you now realize you're nothing without Tinubu abi? Men who act before thinking

madridguy:
APC, United We Stand.

lol, keep dreaming.

Miriam19:
Seriously, Tinubu should just learn to forget this whole issue and unite with others so APC can have a flawless victory in Ondo state

Observing

Apc should forget about ondo

Dats all

The Abuja ministers should come and win the state for Apc

sarrki:


Observing

Apc should forget about ondo

Dats all

The Abuja ministers should come and win the state for Apc

Any man who puts his destiny in the hands of a fellow man is bound to fail in life.

Why are you creating mulitiple threads? That Tinubu's newspaper chose to water down the attack by oyegun does not take away the key points in oyegun's statement yesterday

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Just in case

That ship has sailed, Mr Oyegun. Ondo state is already lost. When brothers fight to death, a stranger inherits their father's property.

The internecine war between members of your party has gifted the governorship seat to the PDP.

Take heart, Mr Oyegun and get a crash course on crisis management.

Too late.

Oyegun keep deceiving yourself. I'm sure Tinubu can discern.

I know it won't be long before they come back licking tinubu's ass. Useless oyegun who has never won his polling unit, serial loser, backstabber. Let's see the weight APC can pull over Tinubu/AD alliance.
Omoale @Firefire tonta ara'le e lopo.
Obey the truth!

timeman:
I know it won't be long before they come back licking tinubu's ass. Useless oyegun who has never won his polling unit, serial loser, backstabber. Let's see the weight APC can pull over Tinubu/AD alliance.
Omoale @Firefire tonta ara'le e lopo.
Obey the truth!

Papa un paare, olo un paa 'aaja. , eke yin...

arewafederation:


Any man who puts his destiny in the hands of a fellow man is bound to fail in life.

I stand with Tinubu..

sarrki:


Observing

Apc should forget about ondo

Dats all

The Abuja ministers should come and win the state for Apc

Seconded.Aketi is on his own.

ReddLabel:


I stand with Tinubu..

You can stand with your three legs, what's my concern?

In as much as I respect Tinubu's political clout, we must not overstretch this. One of the things that easily bring down a nation is godfatherism. Imagine what great danger it portends for one man to be deciding who becomes governor in Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun, etc. That was what was obtaining in Edo state before Oshiomole took a stand against them. And godfatherism easily grows the monster of corruption as you'll have to continually take part of the public funds to oil the hands of your "father".