ASABA/Nigeria: For publicly declaring war against the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, in 2019, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have called the erstwhile governor of Edo State, and now the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr Adams Oshiomole not to heat up the polity.
The state chapter of the party, through the Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza, in a statement on Friday, made available to Ndokwa Reporters, frowned at the statement credited to Mr Oshiomole, expressed his ultimate personal ambition to unseat the state governor, and take over the state for his party, APC by every means possible.
“We read with dismay and disappointment, some recent comments credited to former Edo State Governor and now National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, in which he openly expressed his ultimate personal ambition to unseat His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State and take over the State for APC by every means possible.”
The statement read: “One of my principal reasons for accepting to run for the National Chairmanship of our great party is because I want to pay back Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State in his own coins. Earlier in 2016 he used Delta State money to fight me in order to install his party in my State, in 2019, I will be fighting, knocking and even biting him with Federal government might to ensure that PDP dies a natural death in Delta State.”
The statement which called the statement by the national chairman of APC a threat said the statement was confirmed by Senator Okowa during a recent press briefing in the state capital.
“The veracity of the above ‘threat’ was confirmed by Governor Okowa himself, during his quarterly media briefing with newsmen in Asaba, who cautioned former Comrade Oshiomhole and indeed other politicians and political parties not to make comments that have the potential of heating up the polity and advised that that Nigerians should not be divided because of politics.”
While confirming that confirming the APC national chairman, maybe playing politics like any other politician, and party, it stated that they are joining the leader of the party in the state, to caution politicians against statements that will breed tension and disharmony in the state, but rather discuss issues in their statement.
“We join our Governor and Leader in the believe that former Comrade Oshiomole is playing politics just as we in the PDP and indeed any other political party have the right to play politics, but we also want to emphatically re-echo the advice Governor Okowa gave to Oshiomhole and other politicians which is that there must be decorum in our politics and we must be cautious in the language that we use as they should be decent.”
“Politicians should address issues instead of personalizing their ambition for it is only when issues are addressed that the people will have an opportunity to make their choices.”
“We should as politicians try to be civil in our approach to politics because that is the way it ought to be and it is on this basis that we are warning former Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to watch his comments and utterances.”
“Former Comrade Oshiomhole’s attacks on our Governor is not new to us in the Delta PDP, as he has not hidden his inferiority complex whenever he has had an opportunity to reference Delta State and Governor Okowa in his comments. However, we had expected that his delusional tendencies would have been greatly tempered with his ‘arrangee’ elevation to the leadership of his dysfunctional and inept All Progressives Congress. How wrong we were.”
The party reminded Nigerians that Oshiomole has a crude, unstable, pugnacious, distasteful and abrasive manner, and the statement is a futile attempt to engage Okowa in his belligerence and play his politics of rhetoric.
