Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given his support for the All Progressive Congress (APC) embattled chairman, saying that Oshiomhole was human with both merits and flaws and this should not be a basis for his dismissal.
In a statement released on Sunday ahead of the APC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow where the fate of Mr. Oshiomhole would be known, Mr. Tinubu expressed his disappointment at the plot to remove Oshiomhole as the chairman of the party.
“The chairman has been a tireless campaigner and mobiliser for the party; he has steered the party through difficult elections and his contributions should not be undervalued now that the bulk of elections are behind us,” Asiwaju Bola Ahmed said.
“To do so would be an act of ingratitude, it is no secret that Oshiomhole and Edo Governor Obaseki are in dispute which is unfortunate.”
The West African Pilot News had reported how four ministers from the south-south had met in Abuja last Thursday, to endorse the acting Chairman Victor Giadom and demanded that the zoning structure of the party which allowed the position of the national chairman to be retained by the zone be allowed to stand. In the communique read by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, they also demanded that Oshiomhole must go.
Mr. Tinubu said that the parties ignored the internal mechanisms to resolve conflicts by the party. Adding that those calling for the removal of Comrade Oshiomhole do so because they saw him as an obstacle to their 2023 ambitions.
“All party members know that such decisions are part and parcel of internal party governance, yet they shunned the agreed party reconciliation mechanism and resorted to other means to oust him.
“Those engaged in these manoeuvers see themselves as clever or cunning; they do so because they only understand the mean craft of political intrigue.
“They have yet to understand the value and long-term utility of democratic governance and that is why they embark on the strangest of quest.
“They would rather dismantle and weaken the institutional core of their party just to gain control of that weakened edifice in order to pilfer the party nomination, which they crave,” he opined.
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