A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Chief Charles Idahosa, has said former Edo governor, Adams Oshiomole made Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, APC national chairman in 2014.

Idahosa said this while describing accusations that former governor Adams Oshiomhole was keen on taking Oyegun’s job as National Chairman as being ‘unfair’

He added that Oyegun had failed and had no experience like Oshiomole.

He said performance, not ethnicity or tribe should be the requirement for party leadership.

According to him, Oshiomhole dashed the chairmanship aspiration of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi and ensured the emergence of Chief Oyegun as National Chairman.

Idahosa told Sun “While I was abroad, I was reading people saying Oshiomhole wants to forcefully take the job of a Benin man. Those people are ignorant, because they don’t even know how Oyegun became chairman. What has ethnicity got to do with the national chairmanship of the APC? Oshiomhole is an Edo man just like Oyegun. Long before now, I was one of the party leaders who opposed Odigie-Oyegun – I am a Benin man like Oyegun – because the party was not growing well under him.

“I felt Oyegun did not do what he is supposed to do to keep the party together. So this has nothing to do with tribe. If it is ethnicity, I will be the first to support Oyegun.

“In 2014, myself and Oshiomhole played a very serious role to ensure the emergence of Oyegun; but a lot of people do not know that. Chief Tom Ikimi was already coasting to victory as the unopposed candidate from Edo State.

“But I made the State Working Committee to reopen the agenda when we all agreed on Tom Ikimi and it was Oshiomhole that called me to say ‘please, move the motion at the State Working Committee level, we want Oyegun. Please, Charles, do it for me, we want Oyegun, do it for me.’ And I moved the motion which changed the state’s earlier support for Chief Ikimi in favour of Oyegun.

“Oshiomhole is from Edo North, but why did he not say because Oyegun is from Benin so he will not support him?

SOURCE
https://www.reportnaija.ng/2018/05/03/how-oshiomhole-made-oyegun-apc-chairman-idahosa/

Analog politicians with Stone Age ideologies

Am I the only one who thinks APC has a madness spell placed on anyone who joins the party?

story ooo.. shut up

What is Oyegun, afraid of, let him allow due process follow its course, APC is in disarray, with a lot of internal wrangling, the ideal thing should be sidelining pride and thinking of the general good.


Anyway wetin concern me, APC is just a merger of different parties with no unifying ideology, which hid under the popularity or Buhari and Tinubu to come to limelight, then again what do I know.

So he made him chairman in 2014 and wants the post back in 2018



hmmm...what do I know?

Whatever you guys do.... just make sure my President comes back for a 2nd term.

D only slot 4Apc

A house built on falsehood will crack and fall

Failure is when you promoted a candidate only to turn back years later because you want the job to say the person is a failure.... Well patiently waiting for 2019 by the grace of GOD.. ....

Ok

To what end? Politicians dashing themselves post at the expenses of common Nigerians.... anyways chief oyegun talk your own side

All is well. Please, Nigerians continue voting for change. Negative or Positive, change is change bah?

Mad people.

I am more interested in Edo people lynching a woman that stole fowl but will hail Oshiomhole the short crook.

One day u will regret what u have said now.

oyegun did not play his cards well That's all.... NAIJA POLITICS 101...never abandon ur friends

hmm

Codebrain749494:
hmm

Is nairaland a software

APC Thieves

We don't hear

Politifians are at it again, 2019 loading, lots of stories.


Decamping Overcamping, undercamping, camp after camp will soon start!

emmalezy:

He said performance, not ethnicity or tribe should be the requirement for party leadership.

Until electorate starts voting along this remark. Nothing good will happen to Nigeria.

So it is no more Tinubu

Ratello:
So it is no more Tinubu

Don't Mind this Stupid Bootlicker, always talking Thrash......., Any way, I Careless about APC.