Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Godwin Obaseki, governor
of Edo state, is contemplating dumping the ruling party.
In a statement issued on his
behalf by Simon Ebegbulem, his spokesman, the national chairman said the
governor wants to create crisis in the party before making his next move.
He advised the governor to focus
on delivery of good governance to the people of the state rather than
“blackmailing” him.
“We have it on good authority
that the governor (Obaseki) intends to create disaffection and crisis in the
state, APC and probably dump the party for another party,” he said.
“That is why, he has embarked on
this brigandage which Edo people will resist. So, he should stop blackmailing
me and face governance which is why Edo people voted him into power.
“We are even more scared now that
the governor is making every effort to coerce me into giving him details of my
movement in Edo State. Who knows what he is plotting again? But every evil plot
against me will fail.”
Oshiomhole insisted that he was
attacked at his residence in Benin, Edo capital, on October 12, blaming it on
“Obaseki’s thugs”.
“Before that incident, state
government sponsored thugs have been harassing, intimidating APC members across
the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state because APC leaders refused
to adopt his second term aspiration,” he said.
“People are being sacked in their
jobs everyday in the state.”
DanMallam Muhammed, commissioner
of police in Edo, has said there is no evidence that Oshiomhole was attacked.
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