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The Governor of Edo
State, Godwin Obaseki, has broken his silence on the alleged face-off between
him and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole.
The Governor
described the reported quarrel between them as fake news.
He also said the
issue of him getting a second term in office or not depends entirely on God and
the people of Edo state.
Obaseki addressed
journalists on Sunday night in Abuja shortly after attending a meeting of the
Progressive Governors Forum.
Asked about his
reportedly damaged relationship with Oshiomhole, Obaseki simply said, “there is
no infraction between me and the National Chairman of the party. It is all in
the press. It is all fake news.”
On his second term
bid, the governor said, “My second term is left to God and the people of Edo
state. At the end of the day, the people will decide depending on how much they
see that we have added value to their lives.”
Oshiomhole vs Oyegun: Orji Kalu advises Buhari on what to do
A former governor
of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene
in the dispute between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole and his predecessor, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kalu made the plea on Friday while speaking with
newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Ikeja, Lagos State.
He said the
intervention of the president was needed to restore peace to the party
leadership and ensure that APC remains focused on delivering its manifesto to
Nigerians.
Kalu said, “What is
happening between them is the beauty of democracy because we agree to disagree.
“However, we are
calling on Buhari to intervene just like the way he did in the Sen. Danjuma
Goje and Sen. Ahmed Lawan matter which has seen Goje stepping down for Lawan
for the Senate President position.
“Before, the
president will say I don’t want to play politics but he is the chief politician
and he has started changing his mind to intervene in such cases.
“So, I am sure that
we will sort out Oyegun and Oshiomhole’s problems before next week with the
intervention of the president and I am sure he is already working on that.”
He, however, urged
some politicians to desist from using the name of the president to push their
own agenda, stressing that Buhari’s integrity had remained intact despite their
antics.
The Senator-elect
for Abia North on the platform of APC also insisted that he was still in the
race for the position of the Deputy Senate President in the Ninth Senate.
He said, ”I am not
only restating it but I am saying that it is the most godly thing to do because
I am ready to do that job to help the Senate in law making and help the
executive to bring stimulus that would heat the economy.
“I am interested in
the economy heating up because if we get the economy right, the insecurity that
we are facing now will go away.
“Also, we need to
look at candidates that have capacity to do the work and I have that capacity.
“Capacity to help
the president actualise his economic goals because we need to put the Nigerian
economy on track.”
Kalu assured
Nigerians that the Ninth Senate which would be inaugurated on June 11, would
engage in robust lawmaking and would not be a rubber-stamp assembly.
He also expressed
confidence that Lawan would clinch the position of the senate president and
that the lawmakers would work in harmony with the Executive to deliver the
dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
Imo APC speaks on call for Adams Oshiomhole’s resignation
The Imo State
chapter of All Progressive Congress, APC, has passed a vote of confidence on
the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
The state chapter
of the party said removing Oshiomhole would lead to serious crisis within the
party.
A member of the
National Working Committee, who also leads the party in the state, Marcellinus
Nlemigbo made the remark while condemning the call for Oshiomhole’s
resignation by the APC Deputy National Chairman (North) Lawan Shuaib.
In a letter he had
made public few days ago, Lawal said the APC National Chairman has performed
below expectation.
However, Nlemigbo
while address newsmen yesterday in Owerri, the state capital described the call
as “unpatriotic and in bad faith.”
He appealed to party members in the state to stand against any plan to destroy
APC both at the state and federal levels.
According to
Nlemigbo: “We, the APC in Imo State, have declared our total and unalloyed
support for the national chairman of our party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
“We have absolute
confidence in his leadership, which led the party to a historic victory in this
year’s presidential elections
“Therefore, we see
the call by the deputy national chairman (North), Sen. Lawal Shuaibu, for the
national chairman to resign as unpatriotic and in bad faith.
“Anybody canvassing
the removal of Oshiomhole does not have the interest of APC at heart because
such an ill-advised move will definitely precipitate a big crisis in the
party.”
APC Crisis: Oshiomhole Is Not An Alternative To Oyegun - Airhiavbere
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
in Edo State, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd), has faulted the
endorsement of ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole by the South-South caucus of the
party for the national chairmanship position.
Airhiavbere insisted Oshiomhole was not an alternative
to Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
He made it clear that Oyegun was the best option,
given how he had kept the ruling party together despite all the challenges it
had faced after winning the 2015 presidential election.
“The division in South-South is normal and I believe
that if there is healthy competition, it means APC is still very vibrant and it
is a party to beat. But, Oshiomhole is not an alternative to Odigie-Oyegun.
That is the truth and that is my stand.
“If there is anything, I want my voice to be heard
on this issue. Oshiomhole is not an alternative to Odigie-Oyegun if the APC
national chairman is going to come from Edo State. He is not an alternative
because we know the contribution of everybody to the party. So, my take is let
Odigie-Oyegun remain.
“Why I said so is that Odigie-Oyegun has put the APC
together despite all the challenges the party had faced after winning the 2015
elections. And overtime, because of the security situation and challenges of
emergency of terrorism, there has been the need to stabilise the polity and so
far so good, Odigie-Oyegun has delivered,” Airhiavbere said.
On the tribal politics he alluded to, Airhiavbere
said: “Now, there is a convention coming up; this is the first time an Edo
South person is there and it is tribal politics they are playing in Edo State.
And tribal politics will definitely destroy the polity in the state.
“With all the records of Odigie-Oyegun, we found out
that he retired as a permanent secretary almost 30 years ago and he has brought
his weight to the APC. That is not the way to reward him for all that he has
done, especially from his own enclave, from his own state.
“How can they say all of us endorsed somebody? Not
all of us. Some of us are leaders and we were not consulted. And I will not
succumb to the fact that Edo State APC has endorsed Oshiomhole? I am not one of
them.”
