Edo Crisis: PDP Accuses Oshiomhole of Instigating Violence The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, are now jittery over the soaring popularity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and have resorted to orchestrating crisis in a spirited move to stop the trend. The party also accused Oshiomhole of “stirring up the political crisis in Edo State to prevent an official investigation into findings of the party that he had been squandering the state’s resources, including huge levies and taxes to finance his campaign for Vice-Presidency instead of settling down to develop the state.” However, in a swift reaction to the accusations, Oshiomhole said, “We are not surprised at Olisah Metuh’s fabricated tales from the moonlight and his allegations against the Comrade Governor. Nigerians know Olisah Metuh as a publicist that thrives in falsehood and propaganda. The fact that there are no jobs in Nigeria is not enough for people to lose their sense of honour and integrity.” The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement yesterday said Oshiomhole was embittered by the acceptance of his followers including his aides, top government functionaries, legislators and influential APC leaders into the popular PDP train, while his quest to join was roundly rejected on account of his undemocratic tendencies. “Having lost the confidence and support of the people due to his despotic, anti-people and undemocratic tendencies, coupled with his colossal administrative failures, Governor Oshiomhole has resorted to violence and blackmail to intimidate and subdue them in line with the agenda of his party, the APC. “This frenetic effort to subvert the will of the people is foolhardy and compares to a fabled tale of a man attempting to eclipse the moon with hands. The fact that Edo is home to the PDP has never been in doubt. In fact, what is happening in Edo State is clearly a case of water finding its level. “We are aware that Governor Oshiomhole and the APC leaders have been having sleepless nights since the discovery of his mismanagement of the state’s resources for parochial agenda and the continued defections of influential APC members to the PDP and are as such bent at contriving a quick-fix to stem the tide. “Part of the survival strategy is the spreading of wild allegations and instigating the crisis in Edo State House of Assembly to disorganise and compromise the legislature. The macabre dance playing out in Edo Assembly is an expression of defeatism or rather a terminal symptom of a decadent regime, so afraid that in the circumstances of unrestrained freedom, its hackneyed popularity in Edo will collapse. What else would have prompted the relocation of the state legislature to the governor’s office on the stage managed renovation of the assembly complex if not a calculated plot to intimidate and compromise the lawmakers and prevent them from carrying out their constitutional duties of checking the excesses of the state executive under Governor Oshiomhole? “We however wish to inform the Edo State governor and the APC that their machinations will lead them nowhere. They must understand that they have not only failed the people but have also betrayed them. The people of Edo state are no fools and cannot continue to stay under an administration that has no regard for them. “Nobody wants to continue to support a fascist regime that has shown untold penchant for oppression and brutality; a despotic system that continues to impose multiple taxes and levies on the people to promote parochial interests and exercises its whims with reckless abandon. “The APC and its government in Edo State have since disconnected from the people. They have refused to be accountable and that is why the people have abandoned them for the PDP where they found a level playing ground to canvass and fully realise their aspirations and yearnings as a people and as individuals. “While we restate our position that Governor Adams Oshiomhole is the centrifuge of the crisis in Edo State, we call on all well-meaning Nigerians to note this and hold him and the APC responsible in the case of any break down of law and order in the state The Media Adviser to the Edo State Governor, Kassim Afegbua, in a statement said, “The crisis in Edo State Assembly is a product of PDP’s desperation for power in its attempt to capture anything in sight like a bunch of famished baboons. It is the same theatre of desperation that is pervading the entire political landscape as a consequence of PDP’s show of raw power. ” We find it laughable that Olisah Metuh who is reputed to be a propagandist and who had earlier lied against the Comrade Governor has come up again to embark on another tale of the absurd. “Comrade Oshiomhole’s record of performance in Edo State has since become a reference point in the history of performance and good governance in Nigeria. His tremendous achievements across the state could only have been possible through prudent and transparent management of resources, especially in a State that was run aground by the PDP for ten solid but sordid years. “We are not aware that the Comrade Governor ever sought to contest for Vice-President of the country. In fact, we would have loved a situation where he would run for the President of the country to take us away from this regime of tactlessness that has almost earned Nigeria a failed state status. Under the Constitution of Nigeria, the Edo state Governor has all it takes to contest for any office in the land. If our thoughts were to go in the direction of our wishes, we would crown Oshiomhole as President of Nigeria,” the statement said.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:20:48 +0000
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