Deputy National Publicity
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank has
supported calls made by National Leader, Bola Tinubu for the resignation of party chairman, John Oyegun.
Tinubu urged Oyegun to resign after accusing him of cheating during the party’s governorship primaries in Ondo state.
Frank made his comments on Monday, September 26, while speaking at a press conference in Abuja.
“Based
on these weighty allegations from our national leader and founding
father of the party, I want to restate my earlier position that we must
call for an emergency NEC meeting,” Frank said.
“If
Oyegun knows that he has nothing to hide and that whatever Tinubu has
said about him is not true, I am challenging him to immediately call for
an emergency NEC meeting to enable us come together face to face and
look ourselves in the face and tell ourselves the truth and see how we
can resolve this internal crisis. If we cannot resolve this crisis now,
we may never be able to resolve it.
“I am
calling for an investigation of the whole process of the primary
election in Ondo. I want to use this medium to appeal to Mr. President
because it has gotten to a situation where he can no longer be silent on
the party’s internal issues. The president must speak out and save our
party. He is the leader of the party and must not leave the party in the
hands of these people that cannot resolve one crisis.
“Every
party member is loyal to the president and he should see the need to
immediately call for an emergency NEC meeting to enable us come together
and look at these allegations. They are not just mere allegations, but
very critical ones which must be looked into by the party and a position
taken.
“If we don’t do something, even
APC supporters in Ondo State will sabotage the process for us because
they are not happy. We must do everything possible to bring every
aggrieved person together. If we don’t take emergency steps to resolve
these issues, we will have ourselves to blame.
“I
am giving Oyegun 14 days from today to convene a NEC meeting. If he
fails to do so, I will mobilize members to demonstrate at the
secretariat. I have started mobilizing NEC members to ensure that the
APC leadership is made to do the right thing and summon a NEC meeting.
“Today,
God has practically vindicated me in my struggle to save my party the
APC. It is very clear that I was one of the first persons in the party
who took the bull by the horn and said there are issues and a brewing
crisis in the party. Then, I was alone as nobody saw where I was coming
from.
“This crisis started when the issue
of the National Assembly came up and I foresaw it then because of the
decision the party took at that time against their party members,
especially against the Senate President and Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
“I foresaw the danger at
that time when the party closed its eyes to the injustice against these
two persons at that time. I came out to shout and nobody listened to
me.
“When my immediate boss, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, left to become the Minister of Information, I was supposed to
step into his shoes as acting National Publicity Secretary of the party,
but they fought me for their own selfish interests because they knew
that I am one person who will not allow them to do certain things.
“They
deprived me of performing my duties and assigned my job to themselves,
saying only Oyegun and the National Secretary can speak for the party.
How is that possible in a political party that wants to allow justice to
prevail?” he added.
Meanwhile, Oyegun has said that he will not speak evil of Tinubu despite the latter’s call for his resignation.
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