Saraki’s ‘Inordinate Ambition’ Almost Destroyed APC – Oshiomhole

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, says the selfish ambition of Senate President Bukola Saraki almost destroyed the ruling party.

Oshiomhole made the comments while speaking to leaders of the APC in Kwara state on Friday.

The former Edo governor said Saraki’s decision to run for the office of the President in 2019 vindicates him on his comments in the wake of his (Saraki’s) defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The APC Chairman described Saraki as “bread-and-butter politician” who go the extra mile to pursue their selfish ambitions without having Nigerians in mind.

“When I was saying that all these defections is not about APC but the personal ambition of these people, they took hired writers to say I was being too hard. But Saraki’s declaration has vindicated me,” he was quoted as saying by Simon Ebegbulem, his chief press secretary.

“Thank God he has moved on, because his inordinate ambition was almost destroying our party, but he has failed.

“These are not principled politicians but bread-and-butter politicians who can go the extra mile to pursue their selfish ambitions and never think about the well-being of Nigerians.

“As things stands today, APC remains the darling of the Nigerian people because PDP is the vomit of yesterday and our people will not chew it back today; not under three and half years. People have not forgotten and people will never forget.

“In fact, a senior palace chief in Nigeria said this generation of Nigerians will not forgive the PDP in a hurry. Even to say you want to forgive, you must do reparation.

“The damage they did to our economy, the damage they did to our electoral process, even the culture of rigging was institutionalised by them. They introduced do or die politics.

“They are the ones buying weapons for young people to go into thuggery while their own children are schooling abroad. They introduced all these vices.”