Edo 2016: Oshiomhole has not picked successor —Aide •We’ll not allow Oshiomhole to choose successor —PDP
19.May.2014
Banji Aluko– Benin City.
AN aide to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Mr John Akhigbe,
said on Sunday that the governor had not picked a successor to take
over from him in 2016.
Akhigbe, a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Protocol, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.
He said this while reacting to speculations that the crisis rocking the party was as a result of the governor’s overbearing influence in the running of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
But Akhigbe said the governor was a democrat who believes that the choice of the next governor should be made by the people.
“The governor has consistently maintained that it will not do the state or anybody any good to be discussing what is over two years away.
“So, the governor has not anointed anybody because he has not said anything and I don’t think the governor I know will anoint anybody.
“He has told us that the leaders of the party will decide and the leaders have not yet decided.
“He has also said it is not time for 2016 and that people should reason with us that governance is more important to Edo people than the person who will be governor in 2016,” he said.
``We have all agreed that the idea of succession should be laid to rest for now,” he stated.
On the alleged over bearing influence of the governor, Akhigbe said: “ How can he be influencing the running of the party?”
``They have also blamed him for being responsible for the misunderstanding in the party because he (Oshiomhole) wants to build his political structure.
``In fact, the governor does not believe that you must build a structure to be able to get a position politically.
``He believes the structure that you should build is building yourself in the heart of the masses.
``The governor cannot be influencing anything in the party because he is not the one running the party but he is a leader in the party.
Meanwhile, Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that it will thwart efforts by the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, at choosing the next governor of the state.
Edo State chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, who stated this while speaking at the weekend in Benin at a rally organised to welcome defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area to the PDP, said that the people had since realised that the government could not be trusted to deliver on its electoral promises, hence they would resist plans by the governor to decide who would govern the state.
“They have realized that he is the exact opposite of what he claims to be. Edo people will not make the same mistake again. As he is going, his party, the APC, and the hardship they have brought upon Edo people will go with them.
Never again shall we allow stranger to rule us. He came from Kaduna and Edo people have realized the error they made in putting their faith in a stranger. More than five years after his government, he has not fulfilled his electoral promises,” Orbih said.
He pointed out that it was sad that the government was finding it difficult to power the generator at the Benin Central Hospital while the governor embarks on a wild goose chase of looking for foreign investors that costs over N40 million per trip and more than N4.5 billion in total.
Also speaking at the rally, the PDP chairman in Ikpoba Okha Local Government, Hon Scot Osagiede expressed joy that leaders of the PDP in all the wards of the council have seen reasoned to return home, pointing out that with their entrant to the PDP, the end has come for the APC the council.
Among those that defected from the APC along with their followers from the ten wards of the local government are Chief Dan Osabuohien, Nelson Edosomwan, Elder Sunday Osawe, Mrs. Rose Okungbowa and Elder Mike Ojo.
Akhigbe, a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Protocol, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.
He said this while reacting to speculations that the crisis rocking the party was as a result of the governor’s overbearing influence in the running of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
But Akhigbe said the governor was a democrat who believes that the choice of the next governor should be made by the people.
“The governor has consistently maintained that it will not do the state or anybody any good to be discussing what is over two years away.
“So, the governor has not anointed anybody because he has not said anything and I don’t think the governor I know will anoint anybody.
“He has told us that the leaders of the party will decide and the leaders have not yet decided.
“He has also said it is not time for 2016 and that people should reason with us that governance is more important to Edo people than the person who will be governor in 2016,” he said.
``We have all agreed that the idea of succession should be laid to rest for now,” he stated.
On the alleged over bearing influence of the governor, Akhigbe said: “ How can he be influencing the running of the party?”
``They have also blamed him for being responsible for the misunderstanding in the party because he (Oshiomhole) wants to build his political structure.
``In fact, the governor does not believe that you must build a structure to be able to get a position politically.
``He believes the structure that you should build is building yourself in the heart of the masses.
``The governor cannot be influencing anything in the party because he is not the one running the party but he is a leader in the party.
Meanwhile, Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that it will thwart efforts by the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, at choosing the next governor of the state.
Edo State chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, who stated this while speaking at the weekend in Benin at a rally organised to welcome defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area to the PDP, said that the people had since realised that the government could not be trusted to deliver on its electoral promises, hence they would resist plans by the governor to decide who would govern the state.
“They have realized that he is the exact opposite of what he claims to be. Edo people will not make the same mistake again. As he is going, his party, the APC, and the hardship they have brought upon Edo people will go with them.
Never again shall we allow stranger to rule us. He came from Kaduna and Edo people have realized the error they made in putting their faith in a stranger. More than five years after his government, he has not fulfilled his electoral promises,” Orbih said.
He pointed out that it was sad that the government was finding it difficult to power the generator at the Benin Central Hospital while the governor embarks on a wild goose chase of looking for foreign investors that costs over N40 million per trip and more than N4.5 billion in total.
Also speaking at the rally, the PDP chairman in Ikpoba Okha Local Government, Hon Scot Osagiede expressed joy that leaders of the PDP in all the wards of the council have seen reasoned to return home, pointing out that with their entrant to the PDP, the end has come for the APC the council.
Among those that defected from the APC along with their followers from the ten wards of the local government are Chief Dan Osabuohien, Nelson Edosomwan, Elder Sunday Osawe, Mrs. Rose Okungbowa and Elder Mike Ojo.
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