Samuel Awoyinfa, AbeokutaThe National Chairman of the African Democratic Party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, on Friday said he was offered oil well and billions of dollars as baits to destroy the party, following its adoption by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s movement, the Coalition for Nigeria Movement. He disclosed this at the Greeen Legacy hall, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta while welcoming a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 governorship election in Ogun State, Gboyega Isiaka, into the party. Nwosu, who was accompanied by the National Secretary of the party, Abdullahi Baba, did not however mention the names of those who offered him the inducement. While denying the allegation that the party was bought from him by Obasanjo’s coalition, he said he had spent over N600m to build the party. He said he was prepared and ready to contest as a governorship candidate in the 2019 election in Ogun State, as he was qualified for the post.

Source: Punch June 02, 2018 04:54 UTC