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Oshiomhole Finally Speaks On Plan To Return As National Chairman

Afnews Editor

Aug 17, 2020

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Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has denied he is plotting to return to the position.

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Oshiomhole stated this on Monday while addressing State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

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He was reacting to recent remarks made by Director-General of the Progressives Congress Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, that he was scheming to return to helm of the ruling party.

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Oshiomhole insisted he would not "resit" a class he had passed and said only "an empty brain" would suggest that he is eyeing a comeback.

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The former Edo State Governor said: "You see, what I want the media to interrogate, how does winning Edo...when I was removed as national chairman, Edo was APC. So do I have to win Edo to become the chairman? Do I look so unemployed? I'm 68.

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"So, what they don't understand is that it is not the office of chairman that made me who I am.

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"So, it takes an empty brain to suggest that Oshiomhole wants to stage a comeback to become the national chairman. For what? To go and do a resit?"

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