R-APC Not A Distraction To APC – Oshiomhole

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the party is not distracted by the recent factionalization.

Speaking after a meeting with some APC lawmakers, Oshiomhole said those behind the new group, Reformed- APC were sponsored.

He alleged that the members of the faction had hoped that the APC national convention which held on June 23 would fail.

He said:

“You have people who are being sponsored by those who thought that our convention would be a failure and they were expecting an implosion; if you review the headlines, there were stories of people walking out (of the convention).

“If after two weeks of wrangling in pains, they have been disappointed, you find machinery of people who are willing to be hired for a purpose. It is their right to be so hired but it will not cause any distraction.”

The ruling party chairman further promised that he would ensure that the APC is united ahead of the 2019 general elections.

“We are engaging the real stakeholders between the executives and the two arms of the National Assembly,” he said.