According to Daily Trust,
Bola Tinubu has been at loggerhead with the leadership of the party following
his public outburst on Sunday, September 25 calling for the resignation of
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the chairman of the party due to the way the primary
election in Ondo was handled.
The Peoples Democratic
Party has challenged Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to try and get back the control of the
All Progressives Congress (APC).
Daily Trust reports that
Moshood Salvador who is the chairman of the PDP in Lagos said it would be
difficult for Tinubu to remove Oyegun.
He said it would be
difficult for Tinubu to take control as he was tactically sent away from the
party.
Salvador said this was the
time for Tinubu to prove that he was a political heavyweight by taking charge
of the party.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
is somebody we believe is so smart and strategic, he is a tactician.
“But, in APC, he didn’t
know that he was used and dumped. They kept him outside the party, not within
the party, and I was so surprised to see him staying outside the party and be
feeling comfortable. How can you fight inside the party when you are outside?
So, he cannot remove Oyegun because he remains outside. What is the meaning of
party leader, our national Leader?”
He said Tinubu had lost the
party strictures in some state and it would be difficult to remove Oyegun.
“As long as Oyegun is still
with Buhari, there is nothing he (Tinubu) can do. It is laughable to call for
his (Oyegun) resignation.”
Meanwhile, the former vice
president Atiku Abubakar backed embattled national leader in his accusations
against national chairman.
Premium Times quotes Atiku
as saying in a statement released on Wednesday, September 28 that Tinubu was
right to demand that Oyegun follow party rules.
He also noted that the APC
is having challenges because it failed to follow its own rules.
Daily Trust
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