The APC Young Stakeholders who protested at the party secretariat on Monday has called on the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole to resign his position.
The convener of APC Young Stakeholders, Ahmed Adamu in a statement today enumerated the sins of Oshiomhole.
According to Adamu, Mr Oshiomhole’s approach of micromanaging the party has weakened the other organs of the party.
“Oshiomhole has made the APC a one man show, that borders around himself and himself alone. Nothing else works in the party without his control.
“The other organs of the party have become weak. From the secretariat, to the youth wing, all are dead, because he has made the party revolve around him,” he said.
Adamu reckons that since Oshiomhole became national chairman there has been zero accountability. “The party has raised billions of naira from the sale of forms during the 2019 elections but up to date, Oshiomhole has not accounted for these monies, neither has he been able to show anything of worth in which he has spent the money on.
He said another sin of Oshiomhole is his inability to manage internal crisis. “He has shown lack of leadership capacity to manage the internal issues of the party.
“While it is not new that there would be disagreements within the party, effective and determined leadership would ordinarily bring everyone together.
“Rather than be a unifier he has been a divider of the party. He has caused needless friction among members that has led to so much hate and anger in the party,” he argued.
He said the blame for state elections that the party has lost should be placed at the foot of the national chairman.
“Due to the incompetence of the party chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, the party has been on a losing streak.
“He has created a lot of division in the states and through sharp practices encouraged by him, he has allowed fraud divide the party in states. This has led us to unfortunate losses in states.
“Under the incompetence of Oshiomhole, we have lost Zamfara, Bauchi, Sokoto, Adamawa, Benue and Oyo States. His recklessness and inability to manage the party is looking like we are up for more losses again.
He added that the party has become more divided under the former Edo governor. “Members have been set against each other to become enemies and he has failed to provide the unifying leadership needed”.
“The party has become ideologically directionless. He has refused to entertain any scholarly seminars, intellectual conferences to boost the party’s policy-making and ideological growth.
“The party today is home to several unresolved disputes – due to his immaturity and inability to provide leadership.
Another sin of the national chairman according to Adamu, is the issues of payment for ticket.
“Many members of the party were defrauded by proxies of Oshiomhole who had collected money from him with the promise that they would be secured tickets and victories at the primaries. His proxies collected these monies and it turned out that they were defrauded.
