Why Amosun had come to Abuja

“Gov. Amosun had been coming to Abuja to pressure me to reserve what has been properly done and to accept what is clearly unlawful and undemocratic,” he said.

He added that the governor’s action amounted to abuse of power, saying that the party’s Constitute does not recognise emperors.

“There are no emperors in APC; if anybody tries to make himself as one, it will be an exercise in futility,” he said.

On Imo, Oshiomhole maintained that Sen. Hope Uzodinma who emerged from the primaries conducted by the Gulak committee remains the 2019 APC governorship candidate for the state.

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Rochas Okorocha disobeyed court order

The APC national chairman, however, debunked insinuations by Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo that he disobeyed court order on the state primaries earlier conducted where his son in-law Uche Nwosu was said to have emerged as the party’s 2019 governorship candidate.

“What I have not been able to do for Gov. Okorocha is to assist him with the instrument of APC, even as that will border on abuse of power on my side.

“And I do not have such powers to help him to create Rochas Okorocha political dynasty in Imo state in which he will be the APC Senatorial candidate and his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate.

“I am convinced that this is where many of my friend governors tend not to understand me.

“If there is conflict between the known interest of the great people of Imo who have reposed confidence in us by voting us to power as they did in 2015, I will resist.

“I will resist every unlawful pressure to undermine the wishes of the good people of Imo and at this stage, the wishes of APC members in Imo who do not want a political dynasty, by the way they have voted,” Oshiomhole stressed.

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Affidavit Buhari submitted to INEC

The lawyer is urging the court to declare that the sworn affidavit which Buhari submitted to INEC, stating that his certificate was in the custody of the Nigerian Army, was not enough.

Okhai is praying the court to declare Buhari’s sworn affidavit null and void, contending that “it could not stand as a substitute to President Buhari’s certificate or take the place of the evidence of President Buhari’s educational qualification as a requirement and condition precedent in INEC Form CF001.”

The lawyer wants the court to restrain INEC, which was joined in the suit as the second defendant, from allowing Buhari to contest in the election, having allegedly failed to meet the relevant requirements of the Electoral Act.

He is seeking a declaration that by the combined provisions of sections 31(1), 2 and 5 of the Electoral Act, Cap 15, 2010, Buhari, having failed to attach his secondary school certificate to the forms he submitted to INEC, was bound to be disqualified from the presidential race.

In an affidavit personally deposed to by himself, the lawyer said he recalled that Buhari made the same claim in 2014, while seeking to be elected as President, that his certificate was in the custody of the Secretary of the Military Board.

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Buhari’s certificates evidence

According to him, in response to Buhari’s claim, the Nigerian Army, through its spokesman, Brig Gen Olaleye Olajide, at a press conference held on January 20, 2015, stated that the Nigerian military was not in possession of Buhari’s certificates evidencing his educational qualification.

Okhai, in his affidavit, said he “reasonably believed that President Buhari has lied on oath where he claimed that his educational certificates are with the Nigerian Military Board.”

He urged the court to stop Buhari from contesting in next year’s presidential election.

The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, has yet to be assigned to any judge and no date has been fixed.

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Why We've Not Decided Between Buhari and Atiku

 “On the other hand, Atiku must give convincing clarifications on the myriad of moral bankruptcy issues raised against him as well as make available whatever alternative programmes he has for the region. All these have not yet been done.” ‘The fact that both candidates belong to the same old brigade that oscillated the total available activity of the region in one way or the other since independence makes it all the more imperative for the younger generations to tread with caution. “Young northerners who have all along been at the receiving end of every harsh reality should no longer be taken for a ride by staking their fate in the hands of self-appointed regional leaders and sectional elders who themselves constitute a major hurdle in the path of the region’s progress in particular and the country to a large extent. “To borrow from the words of a second republic politician, we are living today in times of great changes with the old order crumbling past and new systems of life and activity emerging. The task before the younger generation is therefore, to understand these changes and utilize them for human progress,” Suleiman said.

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I have decided not to keep quiet again

His supporters, who spoke through their representatives from the council area, said that they were tired of the party following the maltreatment they have suffered since joining the fold. In his response, Oke said: “I regret taking you back to the APC. I want to sincerely apologize to you. It was not my fault.

“There is no humiliation I have not been subjected to in the APC. There is nothing that has not been done to reduce my political relevance. “I have decided not to keep quiet again. I don’t care what anybody may say. If you push a goat to the wall, it will fight back.” 

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