“People always look for scapegoats” | APC Chairman reacts to calls for his resignation

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, John Oyegun, has reacted to the call for his resignation by the party’s national deputy publicity secretary, Comrade Timi Frank, due to the shoddy outcome of the National Assembly leadership election.

Frank had alleged that Oyegun was under pressure to do the wishes of some powerful people in the party, saying that this cost the party the position of the deputy senate president which was clinched by the opposition People’s Democratic Party.

However, Oyegun, revealed to Vanguard newspapers on Tuesday, June 16, that Frank acted in error and was ignorant of the true situation.

Oyegun said he was not under any kind of pressure to conduct the election.

He said: “It is neither here nor there. That’s his opinion and views. And I suppose he’s entitled to them. But I read the statement. He’s not a member of the National Working Committee (NWC). He’s a member of NEC alright. But not of the National Working Committee. So, it is neither here not there.

“When things happen, people look for scapegoats and it is a pity that he told the press instead of coming to say, look, chairman, what happened? How did things go the way they did? He might have just benefited from the education.

“I was not under any pressure in the sense that he’s taking it but a party chairman is constantly under pressure especially when the time comes for dividing the spoils of office, naturally, people of different interest, it is for the national chairman to moderate all these interests. And usually not everybody will be pleased. One way or the other, whatever decision you take, somebody is bound to be unhappy. That’s the way things run.”

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