Chief John Oyegun The National Chairman of APC has denied the accusation of been bribed to support the candidacy of the Senate President and some Principal Officers of the 8th Assembly,pointing to the fact that he is an upright man.
He denied the allegation calling it "dirty, annoying and crude, during a visit by the leadership of the South East and South South Professionals at his residence in Abuja.
He express shock, of news that he induced conflict between Northern Party Members and the Southern members.
In his words:
“How many people know me personally, It is annoying, it is dirty, it is crude, it is unbecoming and it can only people who are totally devoid of conscience at any level of humanity that can do things of that nature,” he fumed.
“There is nothing they have not said about me but when you ask what has the man done, one of their reports said the present executive can not win us elections in 2019.“Good Lord! You’ve not even finished 2015, you’re talking about 2019.
“The one that annoys me is the attempt to rubbish 75 solid years of a character that I’ve put together. They said I take gratification, gratification to what purpose
“The only people who can say that are the people who don’t know my background or history, I was just over 30 when I started joining teams that were buying aircraft from Holland and Seattle in the US.
“That could not corrupt me. I was on the board of the Railways, NPA and the rest of them. If all these did not make me corrupt, how can I at 76 take money, money from who to do what?”
“I could have acquired acres and the compensation government was paying would have covered that but out of love for my country and democracy, resistance to the continuation of military rule, I was on exile for four years.
“That could not corrupt me. I was on the board of the Railways, NPA and the rest of them. If all these did not make me corrupt, how can I at 76 take money, money from who to do what?”
“I could have acquired acres and the compensation government was paying would have covered that but out of love for my country and democracy, resistance to the continuation of military rule, I was on exile for four years.
“During that time my economic base was totally obliterated, by the time I came back, I was barely carrying a deadly bone.
“Obasanjo is a close friend, throughout his eight years tenure, I didn’t enter Aso Rock to curry favour, that is the kind of person I am.
“When they say I’m taking money from a senator, to do what? I am not a senator, I can not vote, I can not by being chairman pronounce him Senate President or Senate Leader so what his he giving me money for? he said.
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