The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has said he will work against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, in 2019 elections.
Shittu, who was disqualified from participating in the governorship primary election in the state, said there would not be peace in the party without restitution.
The minister joins Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun; and his Imo state counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, who had threatened to work against the party’s governorship candidates in their states.
Recall that the National Working Committee of the APC raised a Peace and Reconciliation Committee for each of the six geopolitical zones to reconcile aggrieved members ahead of the 2019 generals elections.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Shittu accused the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; and Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, of being responsible for his exclusion from the party primary election.
He said, “I will be a bastard to be defrauded in a party primary election and behave as if I am a slave.
“They asked us to pay N22m (for nomination form) and didn’t advertise any condition other than what was provided in the constitution.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Shittu accused the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; and Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, of being responsible for his exclusion from the party primary election.
He said, “I will be a bastard to be defrauded in a party primary election and behave as if I am a slave.
“They asked us to pay N22m (for nomination form) and didn’t advertise any condition other than what was provided in the constitution.
“After we have been screened and certified, the chairman of our party unilaterally and in violation of the constitution got me out of the way so that they could impose a newcomer on the party. Somebody who was barely two months in the APC.
“You cannot expect me at my level to support such candidate. I believe I gave enough warning. Before you talk of reconciliation, you must talk of restitution.”
