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Former APC presidential aspirant renews call for Oshiomhole’s resignation

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Former APC presidential aspirant renews call for Oshiomhole's resignation

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, has added his voice to the growing calls for the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Alhaji Unagha who incidentally was among those who started the “Oshiomhole Must Go” campaign in 2018, shortly after the party congresses, said Oshiomhole should honourably resign to save the party from imminent collapse.

Alhaji Unagha also alleged that Oshiomhole’s highhandedness has sparked a crisis in his home state, Edo, which is currently on fire and there is possibility that the APC may lose the forth coming election in the state if urgent steps are not taken.

He said; “There is no doubt, you are aware that our party performed poorly during the presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and House of Assembly elections. Instead of the party reclaiming some states, we lost the ones we were holding onto. These states include: Imo, Zamfara, Sokoto, Bauchi, Oyo and Adamawa States.

“There were other potential states APC would have won if the national chairman had listened to the voice of reason and immaculate judgment to resolving the crisis he created within the hierarchy of the party across the federation.

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“Rather than address the crises, he fueled them making us believed that he is anti- APC. When he unilaterally hiked the cost of obtaining Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and House of Assembly nomination forms, we raised alarm and our alarm did not see the light of the day. He created crisis in virtually almost all the 36 states of the federation. As we speak, his home state, Edo is currently on fire and there is possibility that the party may lose the forth coming election in the state if urgent step is not taken.

“The national chairman has done more damage than good to the party. In the light of the above, and on behalf of the coalition of 2019 APC ex-presidential aspirants and Forum of Core APC, we wish to renew our call on the national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to honourably resign to save the party from imminent collapse.

“He has caused more damage to the party and he should give peace a chance. We are also calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to save the party from going into extinction. If urgent steps are not taken now, Oshiomhole will kill the party,” he added.

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