Oyegun Aborts Oshiomhole"s Attempt To Smuggle 975 Delegates Into Edo Delegate List

The national chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun has turned down Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s request to add five delegates each from the one hundred and ninety two wards across the eighteen local government of the state.

APC National Chairman, Odigie Oyegun

Earlier the state chairman of the party, Barrister Alsem Ojezua, made similar request in writing to the national chairman asking for permission or approval to alter the delegate list and was turned down.

Inside sources revealed that all the attempt is tailored towards the enthronement of Oshiomhole’s favourite candidate in the person Mr. Godwin Obaseki who has been rejected by the all powerful Benin Palace and the APC delegates who sees Mr. Obaseki’s candidacy as an extension of Oshiomhole’s tenure which failed to reward APC members with political appointments, rather defectors from the PDP were well rewarded with juicy positions.

FreePress is reliably informed that the Chief Oyegun told Governor Oshiomhole that the rules of any game cannot be altered at the middle of it.

Currently, governor Oshiomhole has become more desperate in his pursuit to install Mr. Obaseki as the governorship candidate of the party employing crude and uncivilised methods to achieve his purpose.

Last month the Edo South Senatorial Leader, Barrister Gentleman Amegor was not only said to have been suspended from the party by a group loyal to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, but was two week ago prevented from holding an Edo South Senatorial meeting in his residence by heavily armed thugs alleged to be sponsored by the governor.

Similarly, last week, Barrister Ken Imasuagbon who is a governorship hopeful of the APC was locked out from the Oredo party secretariat where delegates across the local government had Gathered to the addressed by him.

Supporters of other aspirants within the party are harassed and intimidated and, in some cases, political appointees perceived to be supporting other aspirants are either dismissed or sacked. Example are four commissioners, two local government chairmen, Martins Izevbijie and a host of others.

Political observers are of the view that this ugly trend of executive rascality if not checked portends great danger for the APC in Edo State and a threat to the peaceful conduct of the 2016 Edo governorship election.

Oyegun Aborts Oshiomhole"s Attempt To Smuggle 975 Delegates Into Edo Delegate List