Barr. Anselm Ojezua, the
Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Edo State is known to have come
from a respectable, humble and successful parental background. Also as a
product of the renowned Catholic Mission School, Immaculate Conception College
(ICC) Benin City, It is expected that he has imbibed very high morals and
excellent education
The present utterances emanating
from him is a sign that he is fastly falling below expectations by joining
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his cohorts in insulting Chief John Odigie Oyegun the
APC National Chairman as reported in the Vanguard Newspapers of Saturday July, 2nd
2016. Chief Odigie Oyegun, the 77 year old APC National Chairman has the
records of having midwifed various political parties that merged to form APC, peacefully
conducted the affairs of the party and achieved successes is the 2015
respective primaries state and winning the general elections that produced the
Federal and 26 states Governments in Nigeria. He is also a renowned retired Super
Permanent Secretary at various Federal Government Ministries and the first
Executive Governor of Edo State. For Anselm Ojezua to publicly insult Chief Oyegun
is to incur the curse of God.
Since trust begets trust,
how can anyone trust Anselm Ojezua when he could not use his office as APC
State Chairman to stop Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State Executive Governor, the
chief security officer and attendantly the chief Umpire to have deployed his
state exco members, APC Executives and State resources to publicly procure the
Governorship candidature for Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the expense of other eleven
aspirants. That he, Anselm Ojezua as a lawyer to aver that the Saturday, June 18th
Governorship Primaries in Edo state was free and transparent is proof of his
degree of dishonesty and indecorum. In order to give credibility to Nigeria
electoral system, Chief Odigie Oyegun and his national executives had remained
neutral during the APC presidential and State Primary Elections. Is it not for
the same reason that President Barrack Obama had remained neutral throughout
the just concluded Democratic Party presidential primaries in the United States
of America?
Could Anselm Ojezua have
been drunk to have joined Oshiomhole to criminally pervade Edo Sate electoral
system by foisting Obaseki as his successor in Edo State? Also should
Oshiomhole not have to conferred with Chief Odigie Oyegun and Dr. Osagie Ehanire
as the National Chairman and Federal Minister and other Edo South Stakeholders respectively
before foisting Obaseki on Edo South people?
And where was Oshiomhole and
his cohorts of Barr. Osarodion Ogie, Hon Charles Idahosa, Chief Osaro Idah
among others when APC Edo South got 0% in the 28th March, 2015
Presidential and National Assembly general elections as result of protest votes
against Oshiomhole’s foisting candidates and boasting in bill boards adverts that
“A Vote for Oshiomhole is a vote for Buhari”?
In 1991, the late Admiral
Augustus Aikhomu, as Nigeria Vice President and Tom Ikimi as National
Rebublican Convention (NRC) National Chairman foisted Lucky Igbinedion on the
people of Edo South. Attendantly, stakeholders had crucial meeting and adopted
Oyegun. Thus swinging the NRC 90% dominated Edo South Local Governments in
voting SDP to give Oyegun a win and Governorship. It was a repeat feat that
turned Edo South 0% defeat at the March 28th, 2015 elections into
100% victory at the April 11th, 2015 election, purely to protect and
enhance a Benin Son Chief John Odigie Oyegun’s position as APC National Chairman.
Also let it be known that
the current apathy in Edo South is due to Adams Oshiomhole’s foisting Godwin Obaseki
on Edo state as governorship candidate which is seen as his actualisation of Oshiomhole
reported agenda as contained in the Vanguard Newspaper of 5th May,
2015 Agenda to rule from Iyamoh through a surrogate Governor. Thus, in spite of
Edo South stakeholders continued efforts to protect and uphold a Benin worthy
son, Chief Oyegun’s position as APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
and cohorts are warned and advised to urgently stop all actions of shame, and public
insult on all people of Edo South. Worst still Governor Oshiomole political god
son, Philip Shuaibu has been appointed as dep. Governor to Godwin Obaseki which
is an indication of Oshiomole’s 3rd term in office. A slap on the
faces of Edo people and harm of APC in the state.
Let
it be known that Oshiomhole has been committing many abominations in insulting
General Samuel Ogbemudia, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, Col Paul Ogbebor (Rtd),
Chief John Oyegun true and credible sons of Edo south among others. He has been
going free because it was the people of Edo South that massively voted him as Edo
State Governor in 2007 when his people of Edo North rejected him as a member of
an unwanted tribe that should not be allowed to rule over them.
However,
it is Barr Gentleman Ameghor as APC Vice Chairman and Hon. Pius Odubu as deputy
Governor that will take the blamed for the APC Edo South current political debacle.
This is on the ground that for the duo short sightedness and quick gains that
they have purposely betrayed the Benin Leaders when in 2015, they conspired
with Adams Oshiomhole in undermining the body. Unfortunately for Ameghor and
Odubu, they are now being persecuted by the same Adams Oshiomhole with their
having nobody to run to for requisite rescue; hoping they will learn the lesson
of unity in strength.
Therefore Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole is given two weeks to mend fences with the requisite Edo South
stakeholders. We also therefore call on the so called APC Chairman in Edo
State, Barr. Anselm Ojezua to quickly retract his insulting and uncomplimentary
statements on the National Chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun and the
entire people of Edo south. Gentlemen of the press, we want to thank you for
your time and urge you to give it the best publicity you have been known for as
the watchdog of our nascent democracy.
Thank you all and God bless
you all
Efosa Aguebor President (BCG)
Benin Consultative Group
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