Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has asked the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to step down over the party’s losses, with the latest being the Supreme Court’s verdict on the review application for the Bayelsa governorship election.
Obaseki said the APC national chairman’s rascality and brashness has brought disgrace and left the party with plenty of regrets.
According to the governor, “It is best for the embattled National Chairman of the party to do the right thing and step down so that the party would no longer be burdened with his heavy baggage of impunity and rashness, which has caused the party grave, unforgivable losses.
“We have suffered enough from his brash approach to issues and Oshiomhole’s characteristic disregard for constituted authorities.
“In fact, the most recent verdict of the Supreme Court on the Bayelsa election and the punitive fines on the lawyers of the APC is a clear consequence of the fruitless and vexatious case. It diminishes the APC in more ways than one and we are very saddened by the party’s loss,” he added
“We have observed with dismay the recent actions of the suspended National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, whose rascality and brashness has continued to cause the party severe and embarrassing losses.”
Obaseki in a statement endorsed by his media aide, Mr. Crusoe Osagie said: “For instance, it was most regrettable that Comrade Oshiomhole assaulted the sensibilities of Nigerians with his unguarded outburst after the initial Supreme Court verdict on the Bayelsa elections.
“As if that was not enough, he upbraided the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for obeying the directives of the Supreme Court, threatening to reverse the judgment, which every right-thinking Nigerian, knew was final.”
Obaseki further stated that “it was regrettable that after the Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) failed to do their homework on the selection of candidates for the November governorship election in Bayelsa.
