Hajiya Aishetu Oshiomhole, mother
of the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected
Christmas gifts sent to her son, Adams Oshiomhole by his successor in Edo,
Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Mr Crusoe Osagie, the Special
Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, disclosed this in a
statement in Benin on Wednesday.
Osagie said the conventional
Christmas presents reserved for former governors of the state that were sent to
Oshiomhole’s home were returned.
He said that messengers from the
state government were dispatched to deliver the gifts on Christmas eve.
“The messengers said they met the
mother of the former governor who rejected the items, stating that her son
would not accept the gifts.
“The gift items meant for Comrade
Oshiomhole include four cows and ten bags of rice”.
He said the distribution of
Christmas gifts was an annual ritual by the state government which serves as an
expression of love, further strengthening the ties between the government and
the people.
He said the gifts were
distributed to other government functionaries, political appointees, heads of
security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders and heads of
institutions of higher learning, among other prominent people in the society.
Osagie said Obaseki and Comrade
Oshiomhole had been locked in a political tussle over the governor’s policy
choices focused on prioritising the peoples’ welfare as against pressures by a
handful of politicians to share the state’s resources.
He said the governor had set the
political rift aside to perform the ritual of sending the gifts to Comrade
Oshiomhole.
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