More Troubles appear in the way of the embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as some stakeholders of the party in Edo State yesterday joined the fray, calling for his immediate resignation.
The group under the umbrella of Edo APC Coalition for Progress, at a press conference held in Benin, the state capital, challenged Oshiomhole to toe the path of honour, stressing that “he is promoting nepotism in Edo politics and the nation at large.”
Spokesman for the group, Peter Ologun, vowed that members of the body would organise one million man-march against Oshiomhole soon in Abuja, the nation’s capital, should he fail to immediately step down as the helmsman of the party, insisting that they do no longer have confidence in him.
Ologun said they were determined to “disown him as a son of the state for leading the APC as an emperor”, a development they claimed he maintained which resulted to the defeat of the party in Zamfara, Rivers, Bauchi and Imo state respectively.
The group said President Muhammadu Buhari has never interfered in the affairs of Katsina State APC and other states, but said in Edo State, reverse is the case.
“Even in the height of the late Chief Tony Anenih’s reign, he never took advantage of his influence in gaining political power at both state and national levels. But what we have seen in recent times in Edo State is a situation where Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is the one directly promoting nepotism in Edo and at the National level of the party,” they alleged.
According to them, “Oshiomhole’s imposed his own younger brother, Seid Oshiomhole, on the people of Etsako West after intimidating all other contestants who were better qualified and from other villages and clans to step down forcefully.”
“The imperial national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole at a time threatened to dissolve the APC state exco in Edo, if they failed to heed his dictates just as he did to Zamfara APC State exco”.
“Oshiomhole’s resignation will help us recover the party from imminent collapse.”
They added that the only way justice can be done to those involved in anti-party activities during the 2019 general elections is for Oshiomhole to resign from the party.
“APC members now live in fear due to Oshiomhole’s ineptitude and behaviour. He has suddenly turned the state into a place of anarchy; from the position of being a leader to an emperor. He does not take advice from anybody. We, stakeholders feel that Edo State is above anybody. He has no capacity to lead the party and therefore, he should honorably quit the party as the national chairman,” they said.
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