GROUP URGES BUHARI TO CALL OSHIOMOLE TO ORDER

The Edo For Good Governance (EGG) group in Edo State, yesterday,  urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call Governor Adams Oshiomhole to order before he plunges the state into avoidable bloodshed.

In a statement made available to Saharareporters, signed by its State Coordinator, Comrade John Ogbeide,  the group condemned what it called the so-called impeachment of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly, describing it as a continuation of the plot to eliminate Deputy Governor Pius Odubu, who has indicated interest in the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The statement read:

“It is quite pathetic that few days after the deputy governor narrowly escaped assassination in Auchi - an attack in which his DSS bodyguard and police Escort commander sustained serious gun wounds - these anti-democratic forces have now shifted their weapons to the Edo House of Assembly.


“We understand huge sums of money exchanged hands to effect this regime change against the principled leadership offered by Honorable Victor Edoror, who, until now, had stubbornly refused monetary inducements to entertain impeachment proceedings against an innocent man, Dr. Odubu.

“Dr. Odubu is not asking for any special favor, but only a level-playing field to allow our party members freely choose who to carry the party flag in the September 10 elections.

“We understand the money amounting to close to N20b was quietly accessed by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole through Access Bank last month.

“Is it not ironic that the man who openly boasted in July 2012 when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was still president that he did not need then General Muhammadu Buhari to win his second term elections on July 14, 2012, is now afraid of free and fair primaries in Edo State?”

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