APC National Chairman Adams Oshiomole has reacted to the sack of Obaeki as Governor, stating that the party cannot bend its rules in his favour.
Adams Oshiomole said this while speaking to newsmen after his meeting with President Buhari’s new Chief of Staff Ibrahim Gambari on Monday 15th June.
Oshiomole noted that he doesn’t know Obaseki’s next move, however members of the ruling party APC must abide by the rules governing the party. He also denied having knowledge of Obaseki’s exit, noting that all he knows and sees are from the media.
“I don’t know about exit. What we see from your media, electronic and print, is that he visited a number of PDP governors. We read from electronic and print that those consultations may have to do with his plan and so on. But we are not here to speculate. Our party is not a party of big men. It is governed by rules.““ Both the small and the big are subjected to those rules. I’m sure you will agree that our president led by example when we conducted the direct primary in the last presidential election. We still went to Eagle Square for affirmation.” Read also: I Will Be Making My Next Move After Meeting With Buhari – Obaseki
“So, if the president did not have the right of first refusal because our constitution does not provide for it, we cannot under any circumstances now bend the rules when it comes to some people and change the rules when it comes to others. Our duty as the management board of APC is to ensure that we strictly obey the provisions of our constitution, which empowers the National Working Committee to conduct primaries for president, governors, national assembly, and state houses of assembly“, he reportedly said.
“ Both the small and the big are subjected to those rules. I’m sure you will agree that our president led by example when we conducted the direct primary in the last presidential election. We still went to Eagle Square for affirmation.”
