The embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, revealed that the ruling party was not for “big men”.
Oshiomhole said this after meeting with APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) involving the President’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari.
He said the party had rules that had to be adhered to, insisting that the party didnt bend the rules for President Buhari when he sought re-election in 2018.
Speaking about the disqualification of the incumbent Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, he said Obaseki didn’t have a right of first refusal , as he seeks a second term.
Oshiomhole, while answering questions from State House reporters in Abuja after the meeting with Gambari, said: “Our party is not a party of big men. It is governed by rules. Both the small and the big are subjected to those rules.
“I’m sure you will agree that our president led by example when we conducted direct primary in the last presidential election. We still went to Eagle Square for affirmation.
“So, if the president did not have the right of first refusal because our constitution does not provide for it, we cannot under any circumstances now bend the rules when it comes to some people and change the rules when it comes to others.”