A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former chairmanship aspirant, Ibrahim Emokpaire, has alleged that some leaders of the party who supported tenure elongation for the former National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, were responsible for the current crisis rocking the party across the country.
Emokpaire said this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja calling for support of the APC National Chairman, Comrade Oshiomhole, to ensure a landslide victory for the ruling party in 2019.
The Edo-state-born politician advised party members to shelve those being sponsored by the opposition party to whittle down the authority and strong leadership direction of the party chairman.
The statement read: “We can see the handwork of the agent of tenure elongation at play; the same advocates of tenure elongation are mostly behind the removal of the party National Chairman.
“The election primary crises were created by these same tenure elongation agents where election congresses were duplicated across the 36 states. These same advocates of tenure elongation have metamorphosed into election primary crisis in our great party today,” he said.
“People should not heap the blame on Oshiomhole, he has given APC a strong and unwavering leadership and upheld internal democracy since assumption on duty as the National Party Chairman.
“Our party, the APC has achieved enormous feats since we came into government. The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has demonstrated to Nigerians that good governance is possible.
“This can only be achieved through prudent management of all available resources as against the looting of our common patrimonies.”
DAILY POST recalls that the crisis in the ruling party deepened over call for Oshiomhole’s removal by Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state.
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