National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been exposed by Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki.
Obaseki said; “I am using this opportunity to call on Comrade Oshiomhole to recuse himself from the Edo nomination process because he is an interested party. It is against natural justice for a man to be a judge in his own case.”
“So I think the honourable thing to do is to recuse himself and let us have a free process and let us reconcile and build our party”.
“Three years is not enough, four years is not enough to crystalize all these reforms. So, another four years will give me that opportunity to consolidate on what we have done and that is the promise of APC. “
“We are a reformist party, we are a progressive party. That is why I am here today to indicate my interest and my desire to run for another term as governor of Edo so that I can continue in the service of my people.”
“I will win whether direct or indirect primary On the mode of primary.”
“The basis of any democracy are rules; that is why the most important document in our party is our constitution. Our constitution is very detailed and it spells out clearly how we should undertake our affairs as a party.”
“The Constitution stipulates what mode of primaries are allowed in our party and how decisions to the type of primaries you want to run should be arrived that.”
“It is clearly stated in our constitution and so for me, I believe that ours is a lawful party and we will do things according to the Constitution of our party.”
“So, direct or indirect, I am certain I will win the primaries but we have to respect our constitution and follow our constitution”.
“It is very absurd. I am someone that is very exposed. How can I collect from two parties when we have had rulings in the past disqualifying people on that basis. I am a party man to the core. APC is my party because I come from a progressive political family.”
“I believe in the ideals of APC, I believe in our President, I believe in what he stands for, so I am a party man to the core. I am not an old-style politician. I represent a new direction of politics that is based on facts and truth, not lies”.