Oshiomhole-Obaseki Duel Rocks Edo COVID-19 War

By GWG Staff

The Edo State Government has again called out the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole accusing him of endangering the state’s fight to combat the COVID-19 pandemic through the organization of political meetings.

The government specifically accused the immediate past governor of the state of violating directives to halt the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and cause crisis in the state by organizing political gatherings through the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM).

The assertion follows the state government’s misgivings about a meeting supposedly organized at the instance of Oshiomhole where supporters met to ponder on a choice to field against Governor Godwin Obaseki in the forthcoming primaries of the party.

The primaries are due in two months and the governor saw the action as a distraction for the continuing efforts by the administration to check the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie and the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Hon. Paul Ohonbamu, said the meeting which the government described as illegal and termed ‘APC faction mock primary’ allegedly organized by Comrade Oshiomhole was against directives of the state and federal government. They also said it aims to jeopardize efforts to contain COVID-19, thereby endangering the lives of Edo people.

According to them, “It is not surprising that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has continued his doom-fated attempt to destabilise the Edo State chapter of the APC. But what is most unconscionable is that he is propagating this move at the expense of the safety and wellbeing of Edo people.

“By organizing the supposed mock primary on April 30, 2020, with more than 50 persons in attendance, he is undermining efforts of different stakeholders in containing the spread of the virus and also dishonouring all those who have died from this virus.

“Those who organised the political gathering initially held at Lucky Imasuen’s residence in Benin City later moved to different locations to continue their inglorious show of shame, in perpetuation of the wishes of their puppet master.

“The antics of Comrade Oshiomhole are well-known, but it bears repeating that he is on a mission to re-enact what happened in Rivers, Zamfara and Bayelsa in Edo State. He has continued to perpetuate the factionalising of the party in the state, with an intent to cause the party to lose its opportunity to participate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election.”

Noting that the actions of the former labour leader have compromised the government’s efforts to halt the spread of coronavirus in the state, they urged the Presidency and the leadership of the APC at the National level to reign in Adams Oshiomhole from destabilizing the Edo State chapter of the party.

Noting that Comrade Oshiomhole must be called to order, they said, “The President should know that Oshiomhole’s orchestrated disharmony is a testimony of his desire to re-enact Rivers and Zamfara in Edo State. The action is not only anti-party, but a confirmation in some circles of a deliberate decimation of our great Party for clandestine ambitions.

“It must be said that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic not shown remorse for the persons lost to this invisible enemy. While Nigeria was losing eminent sons and daughters to the pandemic, for instance, he released videos of himself in a gym house, performing aerobics, as if mocking the dead.

“This was at a time the entire country was mourning the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. This, among other, indiscretions have painted Comrade Oshiomhole in the most despicable light and leaves much to be desired of his humanity,” they added.

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