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All Progressives Congress has picked its first substantive national chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun as the chairman of the 7-man panel to screen its presidential aspirants ahead of the party’s convention.

With Oyegun as the Screening Panel Chairman, there is palpable fear among the aspirants who are concerned about the possible fate that awaits them.

Oyegun was affirmed as APC chairman June 2014 to lead the party into the General election. Under Oyegun, the General Muhammadu Buhari in December 2014 won the party primary which took place at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos to emerge the Presidential candidate of APC. Oyegun led his party to defeat a sitting President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 election.

APC ran into crisis under Oyegun with the Governorship election in Ondo State in 2016 when the National Working Committee upheld the election of Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu as the candidate of APC. The crisis that emanated from the Ondo guber caused internal crisis that eventually led to the sack of Oyegun’s NWC. He was succeeded by Adams Oshiomhole as the party’s Chairman in 2018.

Westernpost gathered that some of the party chieftains who are worried about Oyegun leading the screening panel accused him of anti-party activities by actively supporting Governor Godwin Obaseki to defeat Pastor Ize Iyamu in last Edo State Governorship election. There is also the fear that ths choice of Oyegun was influenced by former Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni who is said to still exert a lot of influence in the affairs of the party.

“Our former National Chairman, Oyegun has been picked to head the screening Committee. He has the stature to do the job being a former Governor and retired Federal Permanent Secretary. There is fear and anxiety among the aspirants and the various camps because Chief Oyegun has become a controversial and polarising figure in the party.

“He was among those who plotted against removal of Adams Oshiomhole and sack of immediate past NWC. He supported Obaseki in an election where APC had a Governorship candidate in Edo State. The issue has become if Chief Oyegun will be impartial.

“While those who are against him being the chairman of the Screening Committee raised valid points the party also expects him to do a good and thorough job without bias,” said a source close to the leadership of APC.

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Golan007:
Oyegun would even welcome Tinubu.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Oga poster , even if you don't like Tinubu...propagating fake news against him says a lot about your intention.


Which wan be details shortly?? If u no get d full gist y not wait to confirm b4 rushing to post?



#OnHisManhoodiStand.

PrinceOfLagos:
Stumbling blocks everywhere for Ashiere Tinubu

Tinubu should give it a rest already because he's not destined to be president . . The hand writting of his disgrace is clearly written on the wall but jagabandit still won't see it

Atiku is PDP flag bearer
Peter Obi is Labour party presidential flag bearer
Tinubu will not be APC flag bearer

Corporate2020:
Me i think that it is your family that is Ashiere. This is because only a mentally unstable miscreant will be fighting someone who does not know that he exists at all.

slivertongue:
Oyeogun is a fair minded grand Pa

Validated:
Obaseki 2.0 loading.
Tinubu cannot present a credible Secondary school certificate. That may be his political waterloo.

Penguin2:
Oh!

But Tinubu is a crooked minded old fool who is allowed to revolt against another person abi?

It’s pay back time.

Two can play the forking game

PrinceOfLagos:
Stumbling blocks everywhere for Ashiere Tinubu

Tinubu should give it a rest already because he's not destined to be president . . The hand writting of his disgrace is clearly written on the wall but jagabandit still won't see it

Atiku is PDP flag bearer
Peter Obi is Labour party presidential flag bearer
Tinubu will not be APC flag bearer

seunmsg:
So, let’s get this clear, Oyegun will screen out Tinubu, right?

You guys joke too much. Since all the talk about anointing and consensus candidate has collapsed, the next way to entertain you wailers is to talk about screening Tinubu out. By this time bevy week, una go move to another story.

Corporate2020:
Your Oyegun is not in a position to screen out Tinubu. Even your own biological father cannot.

Amarabae:
There is no way that tinubu will be screened out, he will be at the Primaries.