“You’re Biggest Threat”: Amosun Reacts As Oshiomhole Lists Govs Who Plotted His Sack As APC Chairman

“You’re Biggest Threat”: Amosun Reacts As Oshiomhole Lists Govs Who Plotted His Sack As APC Chairman

  • APC Senator Adams Oshiomhole laid bare the issue behind his removal as the party's former national chairman
  • The former Edo state governor accused some APC governors, Muhammadu Buhari and some PDP chieftains of orchestrating his removal from office
  • Reacting, Senator Ibikunle Amosun alleged that Oshiomhole worked against the APC which eventually led to his removal

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements

Two-term Ogun state governor and senator who represented Ogun Central in the ninth National Assembly, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has accused Senator Adams Oshiomhole, of turning the truth on its head over circumstances surrounding the latter’s ouster as chairman of the APC.

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Amosun says Oshiomhole lacks good education and exposure. Photo credit: Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Adams Oshiomhole
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Amosun lampooned the Senator representing Edo North, Oshiomhole, over his role during the APC primaries in 2019, describing him as “biggest and most destructive threat” to the ruling party, Daily Trust reported.

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Delivering his goodwill message on Tuesday, December 19, at a book presentation, the former Edo state governor accused the governors on the party platform of orchestrating his removal.

He equally blamed former president Muhammadu Buhari for failing to protect him from the plots of some APC governors to oust him from office in 2020.

Reacting, Amosun, in a statement on Wednesday, December 20, insisted that Senator Oshiomhole was the architect of his political travails as APC national chairman, The Nigerian Tribune reported.

He accused Oshiomhole of conducting” one of the worst primaries in the history of Nigeria’s contemporary politics and ended up shopping for his own enemies, leading to his eventual removal as chairman of our party.”

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Adams Oshiomhole narrated how he was removed from office while piloting the affairs of the ruling party.

Oshiomhole, a two-term governor of Edo state and current senator representing Edo North disclosed that his battle with the governors led to his removal as the national chairman of the APC.

On his part, Oshiomhole said the author and some governors orchestrated his removal as the national chairman of the APC.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the crisis rocking the ruling APC and leading opposition, PDP, has been described as the type that is healthy for Nigeria's democracy.

Okanlawon Gaffar, a political commentator, made this known in a chat with Legit.ng, adding that alignment and re-alignment were not only peculiar to the APC.

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In anothr development, Ganduje's political intelligence is turning heads and has gotten the attention of PDP chieftain, Reno Omokri.

Legit.ng reported that the PDP chieftain took to his social media page to unmask Ganduje and his strategic approach to Nigeria's politics.

According to Omokri, Ganduje's political acumen, from perceived foolishness to strategic brilliance, is a gift likened to Obasanjo and Tinubu's hidden dynamics.

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.