Oshiomhole now dictator – APC Govs Forum DG

Fresh crisis seems to be brewing in the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Director-General of party’s Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman, has accused Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of doctorship and running the party with sycophants and loyalists from his home state, Edo.

In a memo he forwarded to the Bisi Akande-led APC National Reconciliation Committee; titled: ‘Our Leaders should Unite to Rebuild the Party’, he lamented that the ruling party has become a Trojan horse under the former Edo state governor.

He further accused the party’s boss of abducting the responsibilities of the National Working Committee (NWC), stressing that party members are now confronted with all the avoidable electoral tragedies because the NWC abdicated its responsibility.

“Perceived weaknesses of the John Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC served as the justification of electing Adams Oshiomhole as replacement for him. Sadly, challenges of internal democracy and fair competitive practices during candidates’ selection processes in the party remained a dream.

“Now, clearly the problems associated with candidates’ selection process has produced what can be regarded as an electoral college. Citizens can vote but our Supreme Court will eventually determine the winner. All as a result of very poor management of candidates’ selection process by our party.

“Unfortunately, our party’s NWC is hardly able to come up with any reassuring response. The crisis in the party is clearly getting worse and worse by the day. It has gotten to a stage whereby the competence of members of the Comrade Oshiomhole-led NWC to provide needed leadership to ensure victory in every election has been eroded.

“We can win election and on account of some inabilities to competently manage legal challenges associated with nomination of candidates, we are compelled to surrender victory to our opponents. This is the narrative of the Supreme Court judgement of February 13, 2020 in respect of November 16, 2019 Bayelsa elections. It was also the case with the May 24, 2019, Supreme Court nullification of the election of all APC candidates in the 2019 elections in Zamfara State.