The Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti State has accused the Leader of Unity Party of Nigeria, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun and a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, of collaborating with the Presidency to destabilize the party.
ACN Director of Publicity in the state, Mr. Segun Dipe, while reacting to Fasehun’s criticism of the removal of Bamidele as the Chairman of Ekiti State Caucus at the House of Representatives, as well as his concern about Bamidele’s safety, said both men were being used by powers that be.
“We know the antecedents of both Fasehun and Opeyemi as opportunistic politicians and crumb-eaters from the Abuja table and they should stop fooling members of the public with their fake progressive claims, Dipe said.
“We find it curious that Fasehun would want to dictate the dimension of internal workings of the ACN, just because one of his co-travellers in the “presidency plot” to undermine the party was removed as chairman of the Ekiti caucus in the House of Representatives by his colleagues.
“We are not surprised that Fasehun is crying more than the bereaved, as both himself and Opeyemi are tools in the hands of the Presidency in a plot that has failed before it was hatched.”
Continuing, the statement noted that “ACN is a democratic party and there are processes for nominating candidates for election. Fasehun is not a member of the party and cannot lay claim to be a stakeholder in the party to talk about internal democracy.
“Why did he not complain about internal democracy when his ‘boy’ Opeyemi was given the House of Representatives ticket which he did not contest for? We hope Fasehun and his cohorts will mind their business and not meddle with internal issues within ACN,” it further reads.
Reacting, Bamidele asked Ekiti ACN to produce any evidence to back up the allegation.
His media aide, Mr. Ahmed Salami,said “They should produce the evidence if they are sure that MOB is being used by the Presidency. The matter is beyond them at the state level. We appreciate the intervention of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who has stepped into the matter. “The contest is between Fayemi and MOB, and Asiwaju asked them to settle with MOB, but they are just making the matter more difficult with all their actions.”
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