Former Secretary to the Edo State Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Monday said Governor Adams Oshiomhole promised to support his (Ize-Iyamu) candidacy as the next governor of the state.
Pastor Ize-Iyamu recently led some leaders of the All Progressive Congress to defect to the Peoples Domocratic Party over the conduct of the party ward congresses.
The former SSG, who disclosed this in a local television interview, said the APC has become an “animal farm” in the state.
Ize-Iyamu said he joined the PDP because of his belief that the party was the best vehicle through which he would reach his destination.
He said there was a desperate move to dismantle his structures by the governor, adding that his problem with Oshiomhole was because he was the only person that dares to say the truth.
“The governor himself publicly and privately has come to me to say Pastor I appreciate the support you have given to me. I know how competent you are. When the time comes I will support you to become the governor. If he denies it, it completely shows he is not a man of his words.
“The issue is somebody has consistently promised me to become the governor but with the way Comrade has been going, by 2016, I don’t think there will be any APC for somebody to say he wants to run the ticket on.”
“APC today has become an animal farm. Everything we condemned is now in place. The governor wanted the conduct the congress in an undemocratic way by asking me to take five wards and the deputy takes five wards. He was so petrified about Pastor Ize-Iyamu being in control that he wanted me to become a minority.”
Oshiomhole in a veiled response to the allegation said it was the former SSG that insisted he should be unilaterally decreed as next governor of the state.
Oshiomhole promised me Edo governorship ticket – Ize-Iyamu
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