APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN,OSHIOMOLE IN TROUBLE AGAINST FOUR GOVERNORS OF THE PARTY
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Joseph Omoniyi
Four All Progressives Congress, APC’s governors, whose grievances border on the mode of primaries and automatic tickets issued to some serving senators, have either directly or through their surrogates attacked their national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
The state governors, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara; Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo; Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, sometimes acting through their APC state chairpersons, have accused the national leadership of the party of imposition of candidates. Some have also kicked against the mode of primaries adopted for their various states by then party headquarters.
On Tuesday, the national secretariat of the APC released a list of ‘cleared’ aspirants in a move to grant automatic tickets to some senators whom the party described as ‘loyal’, a move that has further worsened the frosty relationship between the governors and Mr Oshiomhole.
The action has affected cronies of governors warming up to dislodge senators allegedly at loggerheads with their governors.
The governors had insisted that party primaries be held to determine the party’s flag-bearer in the 2019 senatorial poll instead of the automatic endorsement of incumbent senators.
On Wednesday evening, Governors El-Rufai and Akeredolu, on Wednesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Both governors have a similar problem with Mr Oshiomhole. They accuse him of granting automatic senatorial tickets to a ‘disloyal’ senator from each of their states.
However, unlike Kaduna and Ondo states, the main grouse of the outgoing governors of Zamfara and Ogun states is with the stance of the national headquarters on their states’ governorship primaries.
Zamfara
In Zamfara State, Governor Abdulaziz Yari kicked against arrangements made to conduct direct primary to select the party’s governorship candidate.
The party had slated Thursday for the conduct of its primaries.
The direct primary was scheduled to commence on Tuesday, but the governor on Monday night said he would not allow the exercise to hold in his capacity as the chief security officer of the state.
One of the governor’s major complaints is the exclusion of the party executives from the exercise. He claimed this would lead to a breakdown of law and order.
The governor has also been at loggerheads with the senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabiru Marafa, which is believed to be why the governor is opposed to direct primaries in the state.
Mr Marafa, alongside seven other aspirants had advocated for direct primaries due to the factionalisation of the party.
Gov. Abdulazizi-Yari
One of the APC factions in the state is loyal to the governor while the other is loyal to Mr Marafa.
The primaries, which eventually commenced on Wednesday were ended abruptly amidst report of violence a
Four All Progressives Congress, APC’s governors, whose grievances border on the mode of primaries and automatic tickets issued to some serving senators, have either directly or through their surrogates attacked their national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
The state governors, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara; Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo; Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, sometimes acting through their APC state chairpersons, have accused the national leadership of the party of imposition of candidates. Some have also kicked against the mode of primaries adopted for their various states by then party headquarters.
On Tuesday, the national secretariat of the APC released a list of ‘cleared’ aspirants in a move to grant automatic tickets to some senators whom the party described as ‘loyal’, a move that has further worsened the frosty relationship between the governors and Mr Oshiomhole.
The action has affected cronies of governors warming up to dislodge senators allegedly at loggerheads with their governors.
The governors had insisted that party primaries be held to determine the party’s flag-bearer in the 2019 senatorial poll instead of the automatic endorsement of incumbent senators.
On Wednesday evening, Governors El-Rufai and Akeredolu, on Wednesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Both governors have a similar problem with Mr Oshiomhole. They accuse him of granting automatic senatorial tickets to a ‘disloyal’ senator from each of their states.
However, unlike Kaduna and Ondo states, the main grouse of the outgoing governors of Zamfara and Ogun states is with the stance of the national headquarters on their states’ governorship primaries.
Zamfara
In Zamfara State, Governor Abdulaziz Yari kicked against arrangements made to conduct direct primary to select the party’s governorship candidate.
The party had slated Thursday for the conduct of its primaries.
The direct primary was scheduled to commence on Tuesday, but the governor on Monday night said he would not allow the exercise to hold in his capacity as the chief security officer of the state.
One of the governor’s major complaints is the exclusion of the party executives from the exercise. He claimed this would lead to a breakdown of law and order.
The governor has also been at loggerheads with the senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabiru Marafa, which is believed to be why the governor is opposed to direct primaries in the state.
Mr Marafa, alongside seven other aspirants had advocated for direct primaries due to the factionalisation of the party.
Gov. Abdulazizi-Yari
One of the APC factions in the state is loyal to the governor while the other is loyal to Mr Marafa.
The primaries, which eventually commenced on Wednesday were ended abruptly amidst report of violence a
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