Obaseki threatened Oshiomhole if violate order ban rally

The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress in Edo State took a new dimension on Wednesday when the state Governor Godwin Obaseki threatened to deal with his predecessor and the party ’s National Chairman , Adams Oshiomhole, if he (Oshiomhole ) continued to violate his order banning political rallies in the state.

Obaseki, who spoke at a meeting he had with the 18 APC local government chairmen in the state , said he would show Oshiomhole that he ( Obaseki ) is the governor of the state .

He said , “ I am the governor of Edo State.

If anyone comes to your ward or local government to do things outside what the party has agreed , I hereby authorise you to deal with that person seriously.

“ We are warning the suspended national chairman.

If he continues his activities in Edo State , I will show him that I am the governor of the state .

“ When he was the governor, he will never tolerate a fraction of the misdemeanour and misbehaviour he is undertaking today .

I have declared that if Oshiomhole comes to Edo State to say he wants to disrupt the activities of the state and the party , we will deal with him the way we know how best to do it .

“ Oshiomhole stands suspended from the party .

In due course , we will expel him if he does not behave .

The party does not belong to him ; it belongs to all of us.

We are following the wish of our people .

“ Our next step is to make sure we convince more people to join our party so that all of us can move this state to the next level . ”

The governor regretted that the state chapter of the APC elevated Oshiomhole without knowing the kind of a person he was .

He claimed that Oshiomhole did not build the APC as there was no party structure in place when he became the governor.

He added, “ This is not a party man. Look at the dump he kept the party as a secretariat.

With all the resources we had, he could not support the party until the landlord evicted us .

“ You are governor or chairman based on the platform that elevated you .

That is why I looked for one of the most beautiful buildings along Airport Road and said this is the secretariat of the party . ”

However, a former member of the House of Representatives , Pally Iriase, described Obaseki’s comments as unfortunate .

Iriase said the APC ought to be built and run on democratic principles , adding that “ there is no provision for jackboot tactics” in the APC constitution .

The former lawmaker stated that receiving defectors did not amount to anti- party activities .

He said , “ Ever since we left the military , we have not seen this kind of repressive administration that gags political opinion .

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By now , Obaseki should be pointing out to projects in my local government and several others and not this jackboot tactics.

“ Obaseki has not performed; that is what he should know .

In the first nine months , Obaseki earned N57 bn , what he would have achieved with that amount will be obvious to the eyes and loud to the ears .

“ How does growing the party and swelling its ranks become anti – party activities ?

We should be getting kudos .

Obaseki is trying to scare people away .

This jackboot democracy in Edo will not work. ”

When contacted , the Chief Press Secretary to Oshiomhole, Mr Simon Ebegbulem, refused to comment on the threat by the governor.

He simply told one of our correspondents that, “ I have no comment. ”

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