Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North, has shed light on the circumstances surrounding his removal as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the decision was taken through a virtual meeting held at the Presidential Villa.
Speaking during an interview on AIT, Oshiomhole argued that his leadership and political strategy played a key role in securing Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the 2015 presidential election.
According to him, he and members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) also helped resolve the leadership crisis that emerged in the National Assembly after the election.
“I led my party to victory under Buhari. With my colleague in the National Working Committee, NWC, we were able to fix the leadership tussle of the National Assembly, both the Senate and the House Representatives effortlessly.
“Our president didn’t have to run around the country to talk to people. We did the marketing, explanation, persuasion and all the tools available to manage democracy.
“Once the system got stabilized, I was sacked through a Zoom, and when people couldn’t get me removed democratically, they claimed that eight members of my Ward signed a petition that they passed a vote of no confidence on me.
“And on that basis they took the matter to the court, which granted their interim order. I appealed the order. The Court of Appeal quashed it. Three weeks later, the Court of Appeal called us back and restated the order. A few days later, I saw for the first time a National Executive Council, NEC, held by Zoom in the villa,” he said.
Oshiomhole maintained that efforts to remove him through internal party processes were unsuccessful, alleging that his eventual ouster followed a series of legal and political maneuvers that culminated in a virtual NEC meeting held at the Presidential Villa.
