A former National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that the travails of his successor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were caused by the quest for 2023 presidency and his temperament.
He stated this in an interview published by Saturday Sun, following Thursday’s dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
Odigie-Oyegun described the dissolution of the NWC as a “fantastic” development, noting that the ruling party had “become a spectacle to the entire nation, a joke” under the committee.
Asked if he believed that the quest to control the party by some leaders ahead of 2023 led to the crisis, Odigie-Oyegun said, “Yes, partially, that is so. Partially that and partially, the temperament and nature of both the former chairman and even the NWC.”
He praised President Muhammadu Buhari and the NEC for stepping in to douse tensions.
“In one fell swoop, the minute the president decided to act, I think everything is now back on course. The whole argument has set us back quite a bit because we wasted precious time and until we have our convention now, we really have only an interim body.
“So, energising the party is still something that will come in future. But thank God at least, we have sorted that. We had a cancer and a major operation has been performed and the patient, meaning the APC, is recovering very well.”
Odigie-Oyegun however said that in choosing a new party boss, the APC should search for a person with the necessary charisma, level-headedness, and ability to arbitrate between differing interests.
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