Buhari, Tinubu stop plot to remove Oshiomhole as APC National Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have reportedly stopped a plot within the ruling party to remove incumbent National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, from office.

A source within APC revealed that Buhari and Tinubu still have confidence in Oshiomhole’s ability to lead the party despite electoral defeats suffered by the APC in some states.

The source stated that some stakeholders in the party who were formerly losing confidence in the ability of the national chairman to lead the party are now backing him because of the support he enjoys from the president and the party leader.

“So long as the two men who brought him to power are still backing him, Oshiomhole is going nowhere, mark my words on that.

“You can see that Shuaibu is on his own and that is why they didn’t invite him to yesterday’s National Working Committee, NWC meeting,” the source said.

“Oyegun started fighting Asiwaju who brought him to the office and when push came to shove, he could not survive because he had no strong backbone behind him, but that is not the case at this point.”

It would be recalled that Lawal Shuaibu, the APC Deputy National Chairman North, had called for Oshiomhole’s resignation over the alleged failures of the party in the 2019 general elections, especially in Zamfara and Rivers.

His call was also backed by the former National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun who said Oshiomhole lacks the temperament to lead the APC.

However, it appears that leadership of the party is supporting the APC National Chairman as 28 state chairmen recently passed a vote of confidence on Adams Oshiomhole to continue to lead the party. DAILY INDEPENDENT