APC Young Stakeholders Storm APC Secretariat, Demand Oshiomhole’s Sack

WE ARE TIRED OF LOSING- MEMBERS PROTEST

Members of the APC Young Stakeholders stormed the party headquarters to demand the sack of the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘Oshiomhole Must Go’, ‘We are tired of losing’, ‘Oshiomhole go home’, and so on.

According to Mathias Omikpa, one of the leaders of the protesters, the APC young stakeholders were tired of recording reversals of their victories on account of alleged tardiness of the party chairman. In his words, “It is time for Oshiomhole to go, we are tired of this downward trend. The National Chairman has brought nothing but misfortunes to our party from Zamfara to Rivers now Bayelsa. We are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari and National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to intervene.”

This was similar to the concerns expressed by the Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, who blamed Adams Oshiomhole's leadership for the loss of the Bayelsa State.One of the party chieftains, Charles Idahosa, said, “I warned about this development some few weeks ago. I said, that Oshiomhole is doing more harm than good for the APC. This is not labour movement, this is politics. His recklessness is what is leading the APC into this problem that is happening now. Why must we win elections and then lose them to the opposition? We lost Zamfara, Rivers and now Bayelsa through carelessness.”

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Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu, said, “It is now clear that Oshiomhole’s leadership qualities are in question. To forestall further descent to mourning every election cycle, it is only wise to show him the exit door.”

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Reacting to this call, former publicity secretary of the APC in the state, Godwin Erahon said, “They (accusers) are being highly irresponsible. They are the ones creating a crisis, it is a shame that these people who ought to have brokered peace between Obaseki and Oshiomhole are now the ones fanning the embers of crises, their calls are highly irresponsible. I want to also let them know that it is never the duty of the national chairman to screen candidates if at the time of the screening.”