By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole yesterday explained his problem with a former chieftain of APC who decamped to People Democratic Party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, during the All Progressives Congress, APC congress with the governor.
The governor explained that his problem with Ize-Iyamu is that the Pastor wanted him to unilaterally endorse him as the governor of the state in 2016.
Oshiomhole disclosed this at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium while addressing the party delegates, the governor also disclosed that he has heard of a plan by the People Democratic Party, PDP, to rig the 2015 and 2016 elections in Edo State, adding that such attempt would be resisted as Edo people are not animals and will not be captured.
Pastor Ize-Iyamu while answering questions on a private TV station in Benin, asserted that the governor promised to give him the governorship ticket of APC on many occasions.
Governor Oshiomhole explained that those who left APC for alleged various reasons actually left after he refused to endorse them as a governor, chairman or woman leader of APC in the state.
He said: “Those that left the party were people who insisted that I should unilaterally decree them as the governor of Edo State. There is no way they can fit into the logic of APC. Those who insisted that I should appoint them to lead APC because they were chairmen before, should know that there is no way they can fit into this democratic setting. Those who insist that I should make them woman leader, whether or not the women want them, know they cannot fit into the logic of change.
“Those who insisted that because they cannot get what they want, then they can move on. It is important that we assist them to move. Those who insist that no man is God who now affirmed that man is God, may man continue to be their God. Let me remind all of you that my fight to liberate Edo people is not a personal fight. Indeed, those who have moved on, they started fighting not on the basis of Edo people but over their personal ambition.”
Ize-Iyamu left after i refused to endorse him as 2016 governor - Oshiomhole
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