A chieftain of the ruling All
Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, on Monday attributed the
party’s defeat in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday to what
he called “the unpleasant carriage and incoherent disposition” of the party’s
former National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
According to the result released
by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, the state governor,
Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party defeated APC’s Osagie Ize-Iyamu
and other contestants.
But Eze, who is the former
National Publicity Secretary of the defunct nPDP, in a statement titled “Press
release” regretted that Edo State has been added to the league of states like
Zamafara, Rivers, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Sokoto, Adamawa, and Oyo that are
being governed by the PDP.
He claimed that it was
Oshiomhole’s “self-styled and kooky steering model” that scuttled APC’s
electoral chances and deprived the majority of having their way.
He said Oshiomhole must apologise
to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and members of the
APC for “the serial embarrassments and heavy damages occasioned by his hinky
and very quirky carriage.”
Eze congratulated Obaseki and
commended the people of the state ending godfatherism in the state.
The statement added, “While
appealing to Obaseki to find a place in his heart to forgive Oshiomhole and all
those who helped him cause havoc in the APC, Chief Eze tasked the Edo State
Governor to begin the process of taking back his position in the progressives
family which he described as his natural habitat considering his numerous
sacrifices and contributions in the formation of the party, assuring him that
his place in the APC is still very much reserved and intact.
“Eze further hailed the good people of Edo State for demonstrating character and displaying their resolve to guard jealously and protect the funds and economy of the state from external hawkers who are shopping for opportunities to extend the boundaries of their squandermania and slavery spirit to other territories.
“The APC stalwart counselled the
candidate of the APC in the just concluded Edo election, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, to
prevail on Oshiomhole to offset all his electoral expenses, seeing that it was
his damaging campaign against him as well as his poor leadership mannerisms
that caused him and the APC the election.
“Eze joined President Muhammadu
Buhari in commending INEC and security agencies for displaying a high degree of
competence and professionalism which translated into a peaceful and very
successful electoral outing.
“He called on Nigerians to
commend the President for allowing a transparent process, describing him as a
true statesman and democrat.
“Eze said with this record,
President Buhari has equaled the democratic feat of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who
allowed the votes of Edo people to count in 2012 when Adams Oshiomhole was
re-elected as the state governor against all odds.”
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