Former member, House of Representative, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, has dismissed speculations that the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) is planning to serve out the remaining tenure of his former principal, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and plans to stay in office till June 2022.
Obahiagbon, who made the clarification at a press conference on Friday, August 20, 2021 at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja during a chat with newsmen however refrained from comparing the two national party leaderships, arguing that they operated at different period of the party’s life.
The former federal lawmaker also commended the ‘coruscating achievements’ of Governor Buni-led’s national leadership, praising his ‘messianic intrepidity’ since the assumption of office.
Asked to compare the Oshiomhole-led NWC with the Buni’s CECPC and confirm if the current administration was out to serve Oshiomhole’s tenure, he said: “Those issues bordering on democratic matters and I will tell you to dismiss such , fropiles, to speak in platitudinous, rumors, fake news. There is nothing like the Caretaker Committee planning to serve out Oshiomhole’s tenure.
“On comparing Oshiomhole and Buni, I will say that question is an attempt to get at me or anyone to give a comparative analysis between this Caretaker Committee and the Oshiomhole-led APC.
“Let me asseverate, prestissimo, that there comes a time when some members of a political party, despite the gargantuan risk of been misunderstood must have the quixotic predilection, messianic intrepidity, Olympian serenity, and a perfervid sense of history to stand up and speak for their party to request purveyor’s of centrifugal proclivities to put the political genie back in the bottle and that time is now.
“It has been a year plus that members of the Caretaker Committee were given the honor of serving our great party, the APC, to pilot the affairs of the party through a testing period and organize the national convention of the party.
“The members of the committee have served with great passion and commitment over the last year as they administer the affairs of the party. It is a fact too plain to be contested that the CECPC has recorded humongous achievements within a short space of time.
“The CECPC headed by Governor Buni, and trusted with the leadership of the party was saddled with specific responsibilities that are individually and collectively critical to the growth, development, and continued national relevance of the party. Among the achievements are:
“The planning and conduct of a nationwide APC Membership Registration/Revalidation Exercise. Reconciliation of all the lingering disputes amongst members within the party, among others.
“Conduct of Congresses at the Ward, LGA, and State Levels, which is currently ongoing. Constitutional Amendment for the party. National Convention is a work in progress. And as well as the daily running of the official affairs of the party.
“The secretariat and the entire members of the CECPC, have been putting their nose to the grindstone, assiduously to deliver value for every task undertaken by the committee,” he stated.
