The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, of promoting “impunity” in the party.
Okechukwu said this in a statement on Tuesday.
In the statement entitled: “How Comrade Oshiomhole promoted impunity and circumvented due process in APC primary election,” Okechukwu said: “May I ask Comrade Oshiohmole what is impunity and circumvention of due process and disrespect to our great party more than authoritarianism?
“Did he abide by the fine tenets of democracy in the conduct and supervision of the primaries? Were there natural justice, equity and a level playing field? No.
“There is no natural justice, equity and fair play when Comrade Oshiomhole populated or rather corrupted the primary with his Edo field commanders.”
Okechukwu also accused Oshiomhole of flouting the federal character principle in constituting the various panels which handled the primaries as well as appeals emanating from them, adding: “One is of the considered opinion that each state is entitled to one head of the panel, if pecuniary consideration is not fingered paramount.
“It is my candid view that each state and the Federal Capital Territory have eminent persons to head each of the panels, instead of fanning out kindred and cronies as if it were bazaar handouts.”
Okechukwu said it is not true that 90 per cent of the party members were behind Oshiomhole, challenging the national chairman “to set up a public inquiry to investigate the phone call logs and possibly accounts of all his associates that were appointed as heads or members of the primary election committees in the various states.
“Can comrade in all honesty publicly tell Nigerians why he stopped Enugu State gubernatorial primary midway after seamless conclusion of four out of 17 local government areas without genuine reason?
“I was one of those he spoke to and we assured him all was well. Can he explain the unilateral reversal of indirect primary mode of election chosen by Enugu State to direct primary, without proper resort to the National Working Committee, which approved the indirect primary for Enugu State?
“Can Comrade Oshiomhole as a matter of urgent national importance clear the air on the culture of impunity and misadventure he demonstrated in Imo State by handing over the APC to a friendly family?
“One challenges Comrade Oshiomhole in all clear conscience to tell the world how the APC can win Imo State in 2019 in the cliffhanger he wittingly or unwittingly railroaded our great party?”
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