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How ordinary ward chairman nailed Pa Oshiomhole’s political career, but for good

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Last updated: June 17, 2020 10:23 pm
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How ordinary ward chairman nailed Pa Oshiomhole's political career, but for good
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Someone called Adedeji has taken to the social media to express his opinion and perceptions on the dramatised political feuds that played out in Edo state with APC’s National chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki being the lead actors.

The actors in the feud were relentless and merciless to each other to the extent that the crisis culminated in the Edo state governor defecting to another party while on the other hand, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s national chairman lost his party’s top and enviable position.

Read what he wrote and leave your honest comment. – Obinna Ejianya @obinna_ejianya for 9News Nigeria.

He writes…

Kindly, take a look at these points and see how Oshiomhole’s arrogance and lack of tact led to his potential political downfall.

  • Oshiomhole was suspended by his Ward chairman as a MEMBER OF THE PARTY and not as chairman. And he didn’t take it serious. In fact, he dismissed them.
  • Instead of vacating it or appealing it, he continued “acting” as National Chairman of the the party.
  • Instead, he chose to suspend them and supplant them (ward, local government and state excos of the party in Edo) and set up a parallel Exco.
  • But the Anselm Ojezua-led Exco was the authentic state party chairman and he has court order to that effect which has not been vacated. And he also occupies the recognised Secretariat of the party.
  • Oshiomhole needed to go back to his Ward and appeal the decision to suspend him so that the suspension could be lifted. But that is now late as the Ward Chairman is loyal to the Ojezua-led Exco who was in turn loyal to Gov. Obaseki.
  • The last time APC had a National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting was in 2018. Yet, the constitution of the party MANDATES that NEC meeting “SHALL” be held FOUR times a year. It is MANDATORY!
  • Yet, Oshiomhole has not called any NEC meeting since the one that was held to produce Buhari. He knew if he called it, they might turn it to a mini-convention and sack him.
  • And during that last NEC meeting, it was decided that EACH STATE could decide the mode of primary election they liked and then get back to the national office of the party who would now appoint officials to supervise the primary. That was what they did in Kogi Bayelsa and that was why the Edo APC decided they didn’t want direct primaries.
  • The last two conventions held by the party were the one that produced Oshiomhole himself as National Chairman and the one that ratified Buhari as candidate in December 2018 for the 2019 Presidential election. In fact, the one that produced him was not conducted by him.
  • He personally appointed Lanre Isa-Onilu as National Publicity Secretary and Bulama as National Secretary. Yet, these guys were supposed to be elected via a mini-convention while their deputies should act until they were duly elected.
  • Technically, these officials are not recognised BY THE LAW as they were not products of a mini-convention of the party.
  • Now, what has floored Oshiomhole was that suspension by an unknown Ward Chairman of his party in his hometown.
  • Like my brother Akinloye NG told me, in party politics, after the National Chairman of a party, the most powerful (but mainly unknown) is the Ward Chairman.
How ordinary ward chairman nailed Pa Oshiomhole's political career, but for good
How ordinary ward chairman nailed Pa Oshiomhole’s political career, but for good

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And that is why Ize-Iyamu has to go back to his APC Ward and apply for waiver. The Ward Chairman will forward it to the Local Government Chairman of the party who will send it to state and then to Zonal and then to national secretariat. Then the National Working Committee, NWC, would meet, send it to NEC for RATIFICATION.

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PDP has quickly held their own emergency NEC so they could grant waiver to Obaseki if he joins them.

Without waiver, as a new entrant, you are not qualified to contest.

So Oshiomhole should go and beg his Ward Chairman!

Who might even be an ordinary vulcaniser doing politics as part-time…

Adedeji. O.

This content is an opinion of a writer shared on 9News Nigeria platform and the writer has no stake nor affiliation with 9News Nigeria

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