Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Fouad Oki, on Friday accused the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and the representative of Kosofe Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Bayo Oshinowo, popularly known as Pepper, of plotting against the second term ambition of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.
The factional chairman, who was guest on a radio programme, Morning Digest, on Lagos Talks 91.3Fm, hosted by veteran journalist, Jimi Disu, monitored by our correspondent, said the duo had approached him to discuss the plot, challenging them to come out publicly to state their own sides of the story or deny such discussion ever took place.
Obi said: “I think they (Aregbesola and Oshinowo) should be manly enough to come out to say what the Governor has done that they are not happy with.
“It’s not by keeping the man in the dark and not telling him exactly what it is and then crying Hosanna in the day and crucifying him at night. “They should be manly enough to come out.”
Oki also blamed the duo for the crisis in the party in the State, saying they were hell bent on ensuring that they had their way and take control of the party.
He said: “Anybody trying to bring Bola Tinubu into this matter is unfair.
“Really if there are personalities in the issue, it would have been Governor Aregbesola and Hon. Bayo Oshinowo, who on their own decided that everybody must be roped into line by joining by fire by force the mandate group.
“And because they have their issues with the current State Governor and because of that they have made up their mind on what the likely result of party primaries would be and if they issues with Governor Ambode they should not bring it or situate it within the party process.”
When the presenter asked if he (Oki) had any scores to settle with Ambode, the embattled factional chairman of the party in the State bluntly refuted, describing his relationship with the Governor as cordial. Oki explained: “I don’t have any reason to say this is what the man has done against me.
“The last time we met, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, our leader, invited me to meet Asiwaju with him to discuss some issues at Bourdillon.
