Oshiomhole Admits He Is Taller, Why?

National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Friday said he has become significantly taller following the entry of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu into the party.

Oshiomhole who absented himself from the reception in Ize-Iyamu’s residence in order not to breach the police ban on rallies also accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of being jittery on account of Ize-Iyamu’s defection.

He said that it should rather be a thing of joy for the governor to receive more people into the party instead of fencing out those who could add value to the party.

Oshiomhole who spoke to reporters following the reception, said:

“I decided not to go because the leadership qualities of a man is tested under extreme provocation and if it was my old self, I will not only go there today, I will make such militant speech that by now the battle line will be drawn but as national chairman I have to pay the price by abstaining from going there so that I can deny the IG and Edo police command any excuse to go and kill people and blame it on me.

“But as you can see in spite of the police, they had a good outing. Blood for blood is not in our mantra.

  “Let me send a message to Philip (Deputy Governor.) His propensity for violence, if he is not careful will be the case of he who rides on the back of a tiger. And where does it end? I want to still appeal to him, this student unionism violence will not take him anywhere, it can only compound his problem.

“I fought battles here but not with gunshots it was the power of the ballot and not the barrel of the gun that we used to take over the governance of this state.

“If they now believe that thuggery is the way to go, I pray that God redirect them and to refocus their brain politically.

“I hear that some people are panicking that pastor is coming because he wants to pick a ticket. I become sick because of this suspicion.

“My former Deputy Governor, Dr Pius Odubu was appointed a Director of one of the departments of Buahri’s Campaign Organisation and the governor alleged that that appointment means I am preparing him to take over from him. He is now appointed as chairman of the NDDC and he said it is all part of the plot. Every APC meeting now, they send thugs to go and attack.

   “We are happy that in spite of everything APC had a successful rally that was peaceful and achieved its purpose. As I stand here now, I am taller than I was just yesterday because we have harvested our people who were part of the foundation of APC, those who participated in the negotiation for the merger not only have they returned home, they have also used their connection in the other party that they were in to move people on that side to come and join us.”

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