“Those Plotting To Remove Me, See Me As A Threat To Their Plan In 2023” – Adams Oshiomhole Reveals

By Edna Wande Last updated Mar 6, 2020

Adams Oshiomhole has said the attempt to suspend him as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a plot by some people to oust him from office before the 2023 elections.

The High Court in Abuja had on March 4 ordered an interim suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

However, on March 6, Federal High Court in Kano nullfied the suspension made by the High Court in Abuja.

Speaking to newsmen at the State House in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on March 5, the former Governor of Edo State maintained that those plotting to oust him from office see him as a threat to their plan.

He added that those leading the “anti-Oshiomhole campaign” are weak politicians who cannot boast of winning a councillorship seat let alone lay claim to a leadership position in the party.

Oshiomhole said;

I’m proud to say that I have done my best not only when I was a governor, I have done my best as chairman of this party, I have worked not only along members of the party and with support of the good people of Nigeria for the president to be re-elected, for us to have majority in the two chambers of the National Assembly.

I also worked hard to deliver my unit, my ward, I worked hard to deliver my local government, I worked hard to deliver my federal constituency three of them in my senatorial zone, I also worked hard to deliver my senatorial district.

The National Chairman added that;

Those fighting me just feel that if they cannot give me orders, then they must do everything to embarrass my person, but I believe that he who God stands with no man born of a woman can bring him down.

“I can’t say more than that. Those who are parading themselves, holding meetings at night, my prayer to my God is that let them meet at night, what they do at night will be destroyed in the day time. I don’t go for night business I do day business. They know themselves, they know me and I know them.

He further stated that;

It is just unfortunate that if you have out of 100, 90 people are happy with you, who will call and say well done, those 10 who are not happy are the ones that will call news conference to denounce you, they are the ones who will hold midnight meetings in a minister’s house to say how do we bring him down.

They are the ones who will plot how do we get rid of him because they want to be president in 2023 even when their hold on their state at the moment is doubtful If they were to go for referendum in terms of their approval rating.

While emphasizing on the plot to oust him as the party chairman, Oshiomole said;

You see there is an issue in this country. People want strong leadership, the averaged Nigerian want to have a strong leader for Nigeria, they want to have strong leaders in various institutions, they want institutions that are strong enough that cannot be controlled by individuals.

He explained that;

That was why President Obama said, what Africa needs are strong institutions not strong persons. Unfortunately, very few section of our elite want to weaken institutions so that they can control and if you refuse to oblige them, the misuse of your institution then they go for your jugular, that is the only thing.