Oshiomhole, Tinubu regret supporting Buhari? APC leaders shocked as President makes a stunning statement at campaign rally! See details
Those that have been observing President Buhari would know that he is not very shy when it comes to expressing his true opinion about issues. Usually a very quiet person in the public sphere, Buhari is not shy in any way and he is known to be quite forthright in his views on issues and most times it is somewhat uncompromising.
Buhari’s honest and direct style of speaking could make him look politically naive as it is common practice for politicians not to tell the entire truth particularly on issues regarding politics. This attitude would certainly have been a source of a headache for his handlers as he could be made to be politically exposed when talking in public.
This was certainly the case when he advise members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State to vote for whoever they want, implying that they are not bound to vote for the party’s candidate particularly as it regards the governorship election which is a very controversial issue in the state.
Earlier in the day, the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole stated that the party was not in any form of agreement or alliance with any other political party, instructing its members to cast their votes for only candidates flying the party’s flag.
This was a direct jibe at the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha who upon being unable to secure the APC ticket for his son-in-law to run for gubernatorial elections in the state, Okorocha elected to move him to the Action Alliance (AA) where he will be able to run for the position of governor.
Okorocha and his son-in-law claim to still be loyal to the APC despite their alliance with the AA, indeed, Okorocha is currently running for the position of Governor under the umbrella of the APC.
“Let me make it clear that the APC is not in alliance with any party. We have the power to deliver the President. You should vote for Uzodinma as our governorship candidate. Don’t be deceived by anybody. The APC will win in Imo State,” Oshiomhole said.
However, Adams Oshiomhole, Bola Tinubu and other APC leaders were certainly not happy with what the president had to say next regarding the elections in the state when he told supporters that they are free to vote their choice.
“You can vote for whosoever you want. Do not allow intra or inter-party affairs stop you from voting for the candidates of your choice,” Buhari said.
This must certainly sound good to Rochas Okorocha who had earlier in the week had some stinging words for the APC’s national publicity secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu , Okorocha said in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo:
“It has become necessary to appeal to the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, and those behind him, to please leave the Imo State chapter of the party alone after inflicting deep cut on the party by imposing a known PDP member as the governorship candidate. Twenty-four hours to the presidential rally in Owerri, Mr. Issa-Onilu had no other contribution to make than to raise false alarms, and making disturbing claims that APC has removed Governor Rochas Okorocha as the campaign coordinator. He added that APC has alerted the police and DSS of plots by Okorocha and Uche Nwosu to disrupt the rally. It is unfortunate that in their effort to justify whatever they had eaten over the governorship ticket, they have decided to be callous about the whole thing. Otherwise, they would have known that the rally is Okorocha’s event.
“In any case, Governor Okorocha has never been the party’s state campaign coordinator. He is rather President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign coordinator as he was among those inaugurated by the President, and Issa-Onilu and his group cannot remove who they never appointed. So, his claim was borne out of ignorance.
“To say the least, Imo is calm. Governor Okorocha is duly in-charge. The presidential rally will hold, and peacefully too. They had raised that false alarm to discourage the president from attending the rally like they did during the presidential rally for youths and women. The point is that truth lives while lies do not live. These Abuja-based politicians have fed them with lies and they took or bought the lies wholesale. Otherwise, how would someone think that a man who went to the Senate through the court would now know Imo Politics more than a man who has won two governorship elections, and on the platforms of parties that were not in power at the centre?”
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