APC Conflict Not Labour Dispute, Sagay Tells Oshiomhole

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), on Thursday urged Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to be less combative in addressing his rift with some governors in the party over the fall-out of the just concluded primaries of the party.

While backing the Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) for standing firm and preventing the governors from carrying out their selfish desires, Sagay, however, said the language employed by Oshiomhole in addressing the governors who were major stakeholders in the party was too harsh.

He said while the governors had a right to be aggrieved, having lost out in the battle, Oshiomhole should employ tact and diplomacy in assuaging their feelings so as not to worsen the crisis.

On the attempt by Governor Rochas Okorocha to install his son-in law, Uche Nwosu, as his successor, Sagay said it was unfair for the outgoing governor to want to turn Imo State into ‘Okorocha Nigeria Plc’.

He added: “It just shows you that our elite are really spoilt. They think the whole country can be sacrificed for their own personal interests.

“How can you try to install your own son-in-law to replace you as governor after you have served for eight years?

“At the same time, you want to go to the Senate, and your wife to go to the House of Reps.

“In fact, the seat he wants to occupy in the Senate is the one belonging to Hope Uzodinma, the man who has been recognised as the duly elected governorship candidate.

“If that was not the case, he would have deprived the man of his seat, install his son-in-law, install his wife in the House of Reps, install his brother as Deputy Governor, and so on and then, the whole state becomes Okorocha Plc.

“There is a limit to which you can do things like that. This is a public matter, not a private issue. So, I support the decision of the APC national chairman on this issue.

“My only worry with him is that his language has been too harsh in addressing Amosun and Okorocha.

“You don’t need to be so harsh and hard when you know that you are dealing with important people in the party who did something that could be wrong.

“You can let them down gently and you can even call them and tell them what they are trying to do is wrong and, as such, you can’t allow it.

“These governors are hurt; they are in pains, so their rhetoric is harsh. You, as national chairman, has had your way and exercised your power, you can calmly talk to them with a view to reconciling with them.

“You don’t have to be forceful and combative in everything. This is not labour dispute against Federal Government. It is a party affair.”

https://www.independent.ng/i-wont-hide-under-a-finger-to-fight-oshiomhole-amosun/amp/

WAZOB:

Nothing do you comrade

D annoying part is dat d APC and it's leadership kip denying and downplaying d crisis like nothing is wrong

katakata don land for APC people wey wan win with over 50 mil magic votes...i laff in zimbabwe

Oshiomhole cant survive it. Buhari is already backing out

Nbote:
D annoying part is dat d APC and it's leadership kip denying and downplaying d crisis like nothing is wrong

Another useless SAN has spoken.

But this Okorocha is an idiot oh... Brother as deputy governor, wife as house of rep, son in law as governor which automatically makes daughter the 1st lady.. Lol.. If not for the fact that he is banking on APC INEC to rig for him, which sane will vote this family coalition? Make dem just change the state to Imokorocha state

Pls allow him 2finish wat he started. he is in APC for a purpose &dat purpose must b achived by fire by force

Frankiss44:
But this Okorocha is an idiot oh... Brother as deputy governor, wife as house of rep, son in law as governor which automatically makes daughter the 1st lady.. Lol.. If not for the fact that he is banking on APC INEC to rig for him, which sane will vote this family coalition? Make dem just change the state to Imokorocha state

Shut up your mouth, is there any law prohibiting a son from replacing his father in any political position in Nigeria


Anyone who wins the primary legally should be presented as the candidate. Let's stop judging things with sentiment.

Hahahahaha

The house of the enemies of the people is on fire

SirGay is advising Oshi-omoh-OLE to be more diplomatic with his choice of words, yet the same man just accused Okorocha of trying to turn Imo into "Okorocha Nigeria Plc"
How diplomatic

Orunmila be praised

We the imolites wants rochas to rule us with his family..


Is it your state...

Pekele007:


Shut up your mouth, is there any law prohibiting a son from replacing his father in any political position in Nigeria


Anyone who wins the primary legally should be presented as the candidate. Let's stop judging things with sentiment.

So you can't pass your message without telling me to shut up.. You see nothing wrong with a man asking his son in law to replace him as a governor, while at the same time his wife is going for house of Reps, his younger brother as deputy while he goes to replace another person at the senate? Do you even common sense? Normally I don't reply fools here on nairaland but I had to bend the rule for your case because your foolishness happens to be legendary.. The type of foolishness that can only be hereditary... Truly, we deserve the kind of leaders we have

"Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has advised the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to yield to the demands of state governors of the party to conduct indirect primaries in their states ahead of the 2019 polls.

According to him, the APC may lose power in 2019 if the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s rift with the governors from the party are not resolved..."

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/09/05/2019-apc-may-lose-presidency-sagay/amp/

No wonder Sagay told Buhari to tolerate the excesses of the governors because the APC can not afford to loose them and of the risk of losing the 2019 election even if it means accepting the emperor-like stances.Sagay remains a disgrace.

Frankiss44:


So you can't pass your message without telling me to shut up.. You see nothing wrong with a man asking his son in law to replace him as a governor, while at the same time his wife is going for house of Reps, his younger brother as deputy while he goes to replace another person at the senate? Do you even common sense? Normally I don't reply fools here on nairaland but I had to bend the rule for your case because your foolishness happens to be legendary.. The type of foolishness that can only be hereditary... Truly, we deserve the kind of leaders we have

You are judging this issue with emotions. Is it against the law for his son to contest or are you just expecting it not to happen

I guess you haven't heard or read about the Bush family...

Here it is :
....Best known for its involvement in politics, the family has held various national and state offices spanning across four generations, including a U.S. Senator, Prescott Bush , a Governor, Jeb Bush , and TWO U.S. Presidents—one having also served as Vice President,
George H. W. Bush , while the other was also a Governor, George W. Bush


What if Nwosu decide to join another party to contest and he later wins, won't you still wail

The problem with Nigerians is that we judge everything with sentiment and emotions.