*Former APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun (left) and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the current APC National Chairman
“I daresay that APC will suffer dire consequences in Edo state if this disqualification is not speedily reversed. As a matter of fact, Oshiomhole is indeed the one who is guilty of anti-party (activities), not Godwin Obaseki. Oshiomhole is the one who is acting unconstitutionally not Obaseki. I hope that Oshiomhole will not go down in history as the undertaker of APC…”
These were the strong reactions of the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, following the news that the APC Screening Committee disqualified the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki who is seeking reelection on the platform of the APC, which has his opponent, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman.
Odigie-Oyegun, an elder statesman, strong Catholic and experienced politician both in Edo politics and at the national levels said his party, the APC will suffer what he called “dire consequences” in Edo State on account of the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki by the APC screening panel.
He described the outcome of the screening as a hatchet job aimed at installing a stooge that will allow some people unfettered access to the Edo Treasury. This was contained in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Chief Ray Morphy, in Abuja. The statement was released on Friday.
He said, “While not a surprise, that disqualification is a clear indication that internal democracy has been murdered in APC, a party, which we founded on the principles of fair play and good conscience.”
From the way the APC has carried on since they came into power, it is clear that those principles of fair play and good conscience have been murdered at all levels from the judiciary to security and government appointments as well as infrastructural allocation and development across the country by the current administration.
