I'll defeat my fellow APC chairmanship contestants - Oshiomhole boasts
- Adams Oshiomhole has boasted of winning the chairmanship election at the party's June 23 national convention
- Oshimhole said he would defeat other contestants because of the support base he has across the country
- He described himself as a featherweight that is entering the ring with heavyweights, adding that it is going to be an interesting convention
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship aspirant and ex-governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, has boasted of defeating fellow contestants at the party's June 23 national convention, saying that he has solid support base across the country.
Those battling for the seat of APC chairman with Oshimhole include his predecessor, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor; former Cross River governor, Clement Ebri; and Chief Ibrahim Emokpaire, The Sun reports.
Legit.ng notes that the ex-governor commissioned his campaign office in Abuja on Sunday, June 10. While fielding questions from newsmen, he said that one-time minority leader of House of Representatives, Hon Faruk Adamu Aliyu, has accepted to be his campaign director.
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He said: “In a boxing match, you do not ask a featherweight to go into the ring with a heavyweight. It is going to be a very interesting convention. I think for all of us who believe in democracy, this is to be expected.
“I want to talk about my own state that many people at various levels including governors, senators past and present and our current governor, I am very hopeful that they will be in my support.”
Commenting on President Muhammadu Buhari's declaration on June 12, Oshiomhole said he thinks the president should be saluted statesmanship. He said there are many things the president has done over the past three years that are outstanding in terms of finding the political will and demonstrating statesmanship.
“So, for him to acknowledge Abiola in the manner that he did and confer on him posthumously an award meant for people who are presidents mean that he has settled the question. The only thing he would have wished to do which he cannot do was to bring Abiola back to life which is beyond human.
“The second thing is the outstanding contribution of Chief Gani Faweinmi because a lot of Nigerians would ask you, what does it take to serve the people? For President Buhari to come out and honour Gani Fawehinmi, means there were many activists but Fawehinmi could easily be seen as the foremost among them.
“Not only did every successive government sent him to prison not on account of fighting for his father’s parcel of land but on account of his stubborn insistence that government should deliver to the people," he added.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano state said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s suggestion that former Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, be elected APC national chairman was a personal opinion and not an imposition.
Buhari, at a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, April 24, asked governors elected on APC’s platform to support the candidacy of Oshiomhole in the race to lead the party.
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Source: Legit.ng
