GOVERNOR AMOSUN, OKOROCHA ARE EMPREORS IN THEIR STATES,SAYS OSHIOMHOLE
However, Oshiomhole speaking to journalists in Abuja accused both Governors of imposition of candidates in their respective states, explaining that in the case of Imo State, “NWC has met and we have upheld the result of the Gulak committee and we have prepared the name of Hope (Uzodinma) to be submitted to the INEC’.
“If Governor Rochas chose to relocate to the (Presidential) Villa and use the ground of Villa to try to intimidate me to create a dynasty, I will – even on one leg but powered by the truth – uphold the best interest of APC members and indeed of APC people in Imo State.”
The National Chairman of the ruling party, while also shedding light on Ogun State, disclosed that Amosun went against the primary process , revealing that the Governor had called him to say that the party in his State was going to adopt consensus option, but he(Oshiomhole) rejected it, insisting on direct primary.
“Governor Amosun decided that him and his preferred aspirant will not participate in the primaries organised by the working committee and even tried to withdraw the security that was necessary for the primary panel’, he disclosed.
“At a stakeholders’ meeting, Governor Amosun decided to introduce the third element which didn’t feature in the resolution of the NEC, announced that Ogun State was going to adopt consensus and he proceeded to define what in his view constitute consensus.
“He announced somebody as the consensus Governor, he proceeded to announce another as the Deputy Governor, he went on to proclaim (himself) as the next Senator and he said the current serving Senator, Tejuoso, should step aside’.
“He also went on to announce that the second Senator also from Ogun State will step aside while another man will come in. Governor Amosun went on to announce another man who will be the next Speaker, and another one as the next Deputy Speaker. He also singlehandedly pronounced that of the eight House of Representatives members, seven will not return. According to him, only one will return. All these he claimed is a consensus.
“However, Ogun State Governor decided in his wisdom to conduct his own self help, I mean resulting to what you can call self help by conducting what he called his own primary. The Secretary to Ogun State Government became the Chief Returning Officer and I and other NWC members were watching the Channels Television and we saw the Secretary to Ogun State
