Why I Regret Supporting Buhari To Become President – Ex Gov Oyinlola

Former Governor of Osun state Olagunsoye Oyinlola has openly expressed regrets at helping President Muhammadu Buhari to become the President of Nigeria.

Oyinlola whose narration of events that threw up Buhari as the president of Nigeria show he played a vital asserted that “In fact, the whole world has regret now” in a report monitored by societynow.ng on punchng.com.

The report which has attracted widespread reaction reads in part…

Meanwhile, Oyinlola also revealed that he had regrets supporting Buhari. He noted that he realised the party deceived Nigerians with its restructuring agenda, saying this informed why he resigned as the chairman of the National Identity Management Commission on May 9, 2018.

He said, “In fact, the whole world has regret now. You see when he appointed me as the chairman of National Identity Management Commission on a part-time level, I didn’t feel that was what should be my take, given the efforts put in. But if you want to serve, you must be ready to serve in any position.

“I was not looking for money to build house or send anybody to school. That was why I accepted it. I quit that position when what we have discussed (what we made the manifesto of our party) was being denied, and that is restructuring.

“When Mr President said he does not know the meaning of restructuring and I know I was in all the moves with Afenifere and the South-West before his election. The principal reason these people (South-West) bought into the project was because of restructuring, only for Mr President to say he doesn’t know the meaning of restructuring again. I felt deceived and to show it, that was why I told him that he could keep his appointment.”

When asked if his defection from the PDP to APC and now back to the PDP was not a sign of inconsistency, Oyinlola said, “If you look at the circumstances that made me move, it cannot be considered inconsistency. I did not do anything wrong, they moved against me in the PDP and removed me. I went and joined the APC. What we agreed to do, which was restructuring, they reneged and I said I couldn’t be in the same party with such people.

“Restructuring was the major thing we sold to the South-West that made people to key into Buhari’s project. So, when Buhari said he does not know the meaning of restructuring, then I threw in my paper, I can’t be a chairman under you.”