Ex-National Auditor Faults Oshiomhole Role In Edo

By Chuks Ekpeneru

A former deputy national auditor of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammad Jibrin has accused National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole of foisting the direct primary option on the party illegally.

Jibrin in a statement on Sunday accused Oshiomhole of preempting the National Executive Committee, NEC and the National Working Committee, NWC by writing to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a decision was taken on the issue

He said Oshiomole did not receive the permission of the party’s NEC to approve direct primaries for the Edo Election.

Oshiomhole had written to INEC saying that the party had agreed to choose its governorship candidate for the Edo election through direct primary poll.

In a statement, Jibrin said:

“Article 20 (IV) – Procedure for Nomination of Candidates (E) states: ‘Without prejudice to Article 20(u) and (iii) of this Constitution, the National Working Committee shall subject to the approval of the National Executive Committee make Rules and Regulations for the nomination of candidates through primary elections’,” he said.

“This shows that the powers to determine the mode/type of election to be used for the nomination of candidates rests with NEC and not NWC, or at least MUST get the approval of NEC. So, the truth is that Edo State APC chapter was correct to say that only the NEC has the final say on the matter and not the NWC.

“We would recall that on August 29, 2018, the APC’s NEC delegated this function to NWC and the State Chapters of the Party only for the purpose of Osun and Ekiti primary elections and not in perpetuity.

“The National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, without conscience and sense of fairness and justice wrote a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the APC had decided to adopt Direct Primary for the Edo State APC Governorship.

“He did this three days ahead of the meeting of NWC that was supposed to decide on the matter. Under normal circumstances, this immoral action is enough to remove him from office because it is not just an infraction but a desecration of anything just and fair.”

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