The All Progressives Congress,
APC, governorship candidate in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Thursday declared
that Adams Oshiomhole, an ex-National Chairman of APC does not control the
police.
Ize-Iyamu made the remark in his
reaction to the heavy presence of policemen and other security operatives at
the premises of the state House of Assembly.
Recall that the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, had accused the federal government of mobilizing
security operatives to take over the House of Assembly.
However, Iye-Iyamu, in a
statement signed by the Chairman of APC campaign council in the state, John
Mayaki, rubbished claims by the Edo State Government that Oshiomhole and the
Federal government “ferried Police from Abuja” to block the Edo Assembly
complex.
He accused the Edo State
Government of carrying out several onslaughts against the constitutional
independence of the legislative arm of government by attacking its
members-elect and denying them representation.
Ize-Iyamu insisted that the State
Governor, Godwin Obaseki who is responsible for numerous other sieges on the
Assembly complex, is in the best position to tell the world who is behind the
Police blockade on the Assembly.
He said: “It is a known fact that
the outgoing Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has treated the House of Assembly,
an independent and co-equal branch of government, as a mere extension of his
office through the brutalization of members-elect and the denial of
representation to the majority of members.
“In Gestapo style, the outgoing Governor hijacked a tiny minority and purportedly inaugurated them in the dead of the night. The sham inauguration was condemned and set aside by both arms of the National Assembly after their separate investigations revealed that the members, and indeed the Clerk, were forced to participate in the illegality under threat to life.
“With these criminal antecedents,
we believe if there is any unwholesome activity ongoing at the Assembly
Complex, it is Mr. Godwin Obaseki who is in the best position to explain to the
world what is going on and why.
“Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, or the
APC, does not control the Police. When Obaseki went to obtain a questionable
court order challenging the position of Comrade as the APC National Chairman
months back, he was locked out of the National HQ of the party in Abuja. If
indeed he has any control over the Police, wouldn’t he have instructed them to
leave and grant him entry?
“The Edo State Government should
explain to the world and Edo people what is going on. And they can start by
explaining why a branch of government meant to carry out oversight functions
and check the excesses of the Executive arm has been holding plenary inside the
Government House for months over a supposed ‘fumigation and renovation
exercise’ at the Assembly Complex’.”
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