Shittu accuses Oshiomhole of betrayal

…Sets to inaugurate coalition for Buhari/Osinbajo campaign in Oyo The Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has accused Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), despite his contributions to Chairman’s political ascension. Shittu revealed that he was the first to recommend Oshiomhole to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment and later National Chairman of APC but was later stabbed by him. The Minister of Communications in an interaction with journalists in his office on Wednesday in Abuja said, “Oshiomhole was my friend, I am the first to speak to President Buhari on making him his Special Political Adviser; if anybody tries to play god, that’s a different issue, if Justices is not done, there will be no peace”. Shittu aspired to be Governor of Oyo State under APC but was disqualified by the party during the screening for not having the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Certificate. He announced that a coalition for Buhari/Osinbajo campaign for the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 Presidential Election will be inaugurated in Oyo State on the 5, January 2019 adding that democracy in Nigeria is 19 years from1999, but the country has not got the best of it which makes him not to stop campaigning for President Buhari. Shittu stated that the state has no problem with President Buhari assuring that the state must produce 2Million vote for his reelection adding; “to say I will stop campaigning for Buhari is nonsensical as my interactions started with him long before now. “We shall inaugurate a coalition for Buhari/Osinbajo campaign on the 5 January, 2019 in Oyo State as we have no problem with President Buhari and we know, we shall get 2 million votes for his reelection. Remember, President Muhammadu Buhari is the first President in this country to reduce his monthly salary by half after the late Gen. Murtala Mohammed. He noted that the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo was a dictator in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) forgetting that president Buhari has supporters in all the registered political parties in the country and so, will never vote them to power anymore realizing the monies that have been recovered from looters who were majorly PDP members. “Nigerians will not allow PDP have access to the recovered loot from them again. Former President Goodluck Jonathan claimed he recovered about N20 billion during his period while Buhari recovered more than N400 billion; this election will be a walkover for President Buhari and the APC”. On his differences with the State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, he stated that the governor is not comfortable with him, believing that there is a Buhari at the Federal level and another at the state, in the Minister, Shittu. Talking about the reconciliation in the party of aggrieved members from the fallout of the party primaries, the Minister who said he is in court and vowed to pursue his case to a logical conclusion said; “Before you talk of reconciliation, you must have restitution; I am in court and I know I will triumph over the ills that was committed in the state during the primaries. I will be a bastard to be defrauded from the APC Primaries and will sit down without talking. I aspired to be governor on two instances before my appointment as a Minister”, he said. Tom Okpe, Abuja