National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun has said that the allegation of bribery and corruption
levelled against him by the media office of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over
the outcome of the Ondo State governorship primary election is “reckless
and baseless”.
Chief Odigie-Oyegun, in a statement which he personally signed, said the
media office of Tinubu “falsely and recklessly” accused him of corruption,
rigging the outcome of the 2016 Ondo State APC governorship primary
election and overruling the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)
“vote” on the Election Appeal Committee Report.
“This reckless and baseless corruption allegation levelled against me is
unfortunate and an insult to my person and my hard-earned reputation which
I have strongly maintained. Nobody has the kind of money that can buy my
conscience or make me do injury to an innocent man.
“In all the primaries conducted under my watch as National Chairman, I
have strived to ensure a free, fair, transparent and credible process. The
2016 Ondo State APC Governorship Primary Election was not an exception.
There must be internal democracy in the Party and our constitution must be
respected by all,” he added in the statement titled “The Facts – 2016 Ondo
State APC Governorship Election Primaries”.
The APC National Chairman said he did not overrule any NWC’s vote of “six
against five” in favour of cancelling the primary election results and
conducting another primary during the 18th emergency meeting of the APC
NWC held from Monday, September 19, 2016 to Thursday, September 22, 2016
in Abuja as alleged by the Tinubu media office.