Fmr Ogun Gov Amosun Tackles Oshiomole, Says APC Under Him Conducted Worst Party Primaries

By Ayodele Oni

The brickbats between former governor of Ogun state, Ibikunke Amosun and his Edo state counterpart, Adams Oshiomole continues as Amosun said the worst party primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was conducted while Oshiomole served as national chairman.

Oshiomole, now a senator had at a book launch in Abuja accused Amosun and former Ekiti state Governor, Kayode Fayemi for being behind his removal as APC national chairman among other allegations.

Reacting through a statement personally signed by him on Wednesday, Amosun pointed out that “It is not in doubt that I have participated fully in the formation and sustenance of our party, the APC, and I can boldly say that the party under Adams Oshiomhole conducted one of the worst primaries in the history of Nigeria’s contemporary politics and ended up shopping for his own enemies, leading to his eventual removal as Chairman of our party.

“Nigerians should not be in a hurry to forget the allegations that preceded the conduct of those primaries and his eventual invitation by the Department of State Service, (DSS), to clarify certain grave allegations.

“If anyone was in doubt that Senator Oshiomhole posed the biggest and most destructive threat to the existence of the APC at that time, and the party’s best bet was to dispose of a canon folder that he was and unfortunately still is.

“His utterances and grandstanding yesterday at an occasion to find solutions to our democratic and party challenges, would have cleared such mindset.”

Describing Oshiomole’s remarks at the book launch as ‘tales by moonlight,’ Amosun stated that “not only was his story fraught with lies, but also because he did not boast the requisite integrity to say the truth.

“The public will remember, soon after Senator Oshiomhole was sworn in as a Senator, he allegedly said members of the 9th Senate had vandalized their offices before leaving, only for him to eat the humble pie and made to apologize later when it was obvious that the allegations were baseless.

“My honest advice to him is to carefully and soberly seat down to take stock of his past so that it will continue to serve as a guide for him in his future public utterances, rather than dragging the names of innocent people into a needless controversy because in Africa, age and leadership are associated with wisdom.”