Attack On Obaseki: Anenih Didn’t Torment Us This Way – Idahosa, Oshiomhole’s Ex-Aide

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole when he was governor, Charles Idahosa has said that the Saturday incident at the Iyhamo residence of Oshiomhole has confirmed his outbursts against his former principal.

He affirmed in his reaction that the late Chief Anthony Anenih who wielded power just like Oshiomhole despite his political issues with some people in the state never mobilized the police against them as he alleged Oshiomhole is doing.

According to him, “The whole world is now seeing who Oshiomhole really is. I was his political adviser for eight years. I have been attacking and telling him realistically how things should be done.

“How would you attack a sitting governor? You invited them for lunch at your house, meanwhile, thugs were waiting for them. Last week, he came to Benin and lied to the whole world that he was attacked in his compound. No single shred of evidence was put out; it was just in his imagination. This was to portray a sitting governor as a bad person.

“The Commissioner of Police in Edo State said nothing like that happened. He submitted a petition signed personally by him to the Police and they came to Benin to come and carry our people.

“Let me remind our people that I was a political adviser in this state while we were in the opposition and Anenih was the most powerful man in Nigeria as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, BOT and leader of the party. He never sent the Police to Edo State to arrest us as members of the opposition. Is it not an irony that now, we are the ruling party at the federal and state levels and they are sending the Police from Abuja to come and pick party members in Edo? I think it is rather unfortunate.”

He continued, “Oshiomhole has shown that he is not a fit and proper person to be a national chairman. Itsey Sagay said last week that trade unionism is not party politics. I don’t think what he is doing is right; it is an embarrassment to this country and to Edo State.

“And to make it laughable, the deputy governor was with these people inside the vehicle and you said deputy governor organised the attack. Did he organise to attack himself? You can see how childish this is.    

Send Us A Press Statement Advertise With Us Contact Us

 And For More Nigerian News Visit GWG.NG