EFCC Told To Probe Oshiomhole Over APC’s N3.2 Billion Funds Spent on Vote-Buying

• Adams Oshiomhole's recent revelation of the APC's victory in the 2019 general election in some states has gotten many talking in the polity
• Reacting, the PDP has called on the EFCC to investigate the claims made by the Edo North senator
• This comes after Oshiomhole claimed the APC spent N800 million to secure victory for the ‘O to ge’s movement in the 2019

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements

The Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Senator Adams Oshiomhole of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

This comes after the Senator representing Edo North, Oshiomhole revealed the amount his party, the APC, spent in some states during the 2019 general elections.

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Speaking on Tuesday, December 19, at the book launch of Salihu Lukman, Oshiomhole, a former national chairman of the APC, recalled how the party spent about N3.2bn to win the 2019 governorship election in four states, The Nigerian Tribune reported.

Oshiomhole said:

“We spent N800 in Kwara under ‘O to he’s to win election in Kwara State. We spent also the same amount in Imo, Ogun, and Taraba. No any other NWC (National Working Committee) had spent as much as we did in any election.”

Reacting, the Kwara PDP, in a statement by its state publicity secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, on Thursday, December 21, called on the EFCC to immediately investigate Oshiomhole, Daily Trust reported.

The party noted that "there were no elections in Kwara State in 2019 but a political coup targeted at Bukola Saraki, using the federal powers and all state apparatus".

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Amosun reacts as Oshiomhole lists govs who plotted his sack as APC chairman

In another report, two-term Ogun state governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has accused Senator Oshiomhole, of turning the truth on its head over circumstances surrounding the latter’s ouster as chairman of the APC.

Amosun, in a statement on Wednesday, December 20, insisted that Senator Oshiomhole was the architect of his political travails as APC national chairman.

APC Crisis: Oshiomhole lists powerful ex-governors, others who removed him from office

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Adams Oshiomhole narrated how he was removed from office while piloting the affairs of the ruling party.

Oshiomhole, a two-term governor of Edo state and current senator representing Edo North disclosed that his battle with the governors led to his removal as the national chairman of the APC.

On his part, Oshiomhole said the author and some governors orchestrated his removal as the national chairman of the APC.

Source: Legit.ng