Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in all but two of the six states in the south-south have denied endorsing Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo state, for the chairmanship position of the party.

At a press conference on Monday, they said John Oyegun, chairman of the ruling party, reserved the right to seek reelection.

The state chairmen are Davies Ikanya, Rivers; Joseph Fafi, Bayelsa; Etim John, Cross River; Amadu Attai, Akwa ibom.

They had stormed out of the south-south zonal caucus meeting held at the Edo state government house on Monday in protest of what they said were plans by Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, and Hilliard Eta, zonal vice-chairman of the APC, to adopt Oshiomhole as the consensus chairmanship candidate of the region.

“We were here for a meeting only to be ambushed by the national vice chairman of the party to adopt a preconceived candidate,” Ikanya said.

“Yesterday (Sunday), we held a meeting which he attended, only for him to come and manipulate, sort out every suggestion and he is trying to say he has come out with a resolution. First, I want us to know that the zonal executive committee does not have the power to elect, nominate or to adopt candidates for national offices.

“It is the national convention that can do that. Secondly, there are very senior members in the zone that were shut out of this meeting purposely. Number one, the national chairman of the party who is from this zone and the national vice chairman of the party ought to sought the permission of the national chairman of the party even to convene this meeting because the constitution states that the national vice chairman shall assist the national chairman.

“So, in this zone where we have a sitting chairman and he is not invited to a meeting, you have six ministers, you have former governors, you have very senior citizens of this zone and they were shut out of the meeting only for the national vice chairman to ambush everybody, ignore every motion that was moved, even when somebody moved a motion that he should disqualify himself having shown bias from the beginning in this meeting, he still sat there and he is saying to the public that there was a resolution.

“We want you to know that out of the states of the zone, four states are saying that this was an ambush, it was not acceptable, there was no resolution. We have said that every person is free to run in the election.

We stand by the resolution of the national executive committee (NEC) that there is waiver. The national chairman can recontest if he wants to recontest, any other person from the zone can recontest if they want to recontest. What has happened in this meeting is a farce, is not binding on anybody, it is null and void.

Four states are saying no, whereas just two states – Edo and some parts of Delta are the people that are saying that they have a resolution. This is not how democracy should be practiced. Arising from this meeting today, the majority view is that there is no consensus on any candidate.”

On his part, Fafi said: “I want to also align myself with my colleagues from other states that they are not aware of what happened here. It is undemocratic, unexpected and a complete fraud and we dissociate ourselves from what has happened here and we believe that the election should be open to any interested candidate from the South South and the people will decide who to vote for and not the decision of Edo state.”

John and Attai also spoke in a similar manner.

The national executive committee (NEC) of the party had extended the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) led by Oyegun by a year but some leaders of the party kicked against it and even headed to the court.

President Muhammadu Buhari who was also in support of the tenure extension later opposed it, insisting on another convention.
The convention is slated for next month.

Timiblanko:
Happy Birthday To Me. Nairalander's you must show some love till the end of today .

Philistine:
For God's sake, Oyegun is 79yrs old, what does he want again? why not just retire and allow others to have a chance?

kolawoleibukun:
the problem with Nigeria is culture.
Just imagine
Zuma statute is still free in nigeria while he is in prison in South Africa.

we day say oyibo no get respect but we are all running to a place without respect. all our celebrities and politician prefer to raise their kids in a place without respect. if to say small pikin day look big man in the eyes and tell am where e Bleep up things for better. now big man go day steal, day rape, day deceive people other people go day sympathize say na person papa oh. old man way act like pikin deserve treatment given to pikin.

see old men like these grandpas who should be ashamed of themselves will publicly connive to practice evil. Oshiomole who used to be a strong man in labour fighting OBJ that time has been reduce to a toy not only at home but in public. that him wife na sex doll? she no day born pikin? abi she won just carry the money run away. we all know say that marriage is not balanced.

oshiomole you are a disgrace with your ugly face.
is it impossible for Buhari to be asked to vacate power, arrested and treated like his equal in south Africa?

look at how criminals now dominate out politics and pastors and imam are supporting them.

Adeboye cannot come out and condemn these politicians. imams cannot come out and condemn these politicians. they all shake hands together. adeboye asked his pastors to run regular test to avoid medical issues. but the members are advised to pray and come for deliverance.

imam are doing exorcism on muslims while he himself goes to London.

Dangote is a muslim, but it took an Atheist to vaccinate his family of polio. Bill gates sponsored all those polio vaccination in the north and the whole of Nigeria.

Buhari is a Muslims but he wants beggars to line up at his dormouth in stead of providing jobs.

Aisha buhari they said she had class. she has not come out as a woman representing a government office to address us Nigerians. I still miss stella Obasanjo. Stell OBJ and Maryam Babangida are the only classy first ladies Nigeria has ever produced.

women who have the confidence to reach out and yet speak good in their own way. not sitting down and smiling like fake smiles are exported commodities.

Atiku is coming out for president and up till today we do not know his source of income.

na so dem do collect bank from Ibru family. they did not open anyone. they collected hotel from Kanu nwankwo but they did not create anyone.

and we still call these criminals chairmen? they are not even men to begin with, they are beasts

unitysheart:

Which Zuma dey prison?