Embattled APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has stated that the governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, is blackmailing him to succumb to his selfish desires.
This is coming after Amosun led a delegation to President Buhari concerning the crisis that emanate from the APC governorship primaries in the state. Part of his grouse is that the party chairman connived with some cabals in Lagos to write fake results for the party’s primaries which produced Dapo Abiodun as the governorship candidate.
Report has it that President Buhari issued an ultimatum to Oshiomhole to ‘clear the mess’ which emanated in the wake of the governorship primaries.
However, speaking in a chat yesterday, an aide of Oshiomhole said the “the National Chairman is surprised by the statements in the media that he was given a matching order by President Buhari to clear the mess arising from the primaries, especially in Ogun State.”
The aide said: “There was nothing like that. The report was sponsored by Governor Amosun in his desperate attempt to ensure he has his way at all cost. Oshiomhole was not even present at the meeting the President had with traditional rulers from Ogun state.
“Amosun was the one who told journalists that that was what the President said during the meeting. There was nothing like that. Rather, the President told Oshiomhole to be firm, insist on due process and resist any form of impunity.
“His claim that Oshiomhole connived with a cabal in Lagos is totally false. If Oshiomhole had connived with the said cabal in Lagos and his candidate emerged the winner, would he be making these accusations?”