APC: Oshiomhole blasts Edo Speaker, talks tough on ‘plan’ to impeach Obaseki
In a chat with newsmen in Abuja at the weekend, the former Edo Governor asserted that he will not close his eyes to illegal decisions and actions capable of derailing the nation’s democracy.successor should have lobbied the entire 24 members of the House, who are all APC members so as to produce a Speaker of his choice.
“The only option for him is to lobby and if he lobbies and in end he is unable to get everybody to toe his line, he has to concede that these are not his Commissioners or Special Assistants for which he has absolute monopoly to appoint. But even at that, if they are commissioners, they must be screened by the House of Assembly, that is the law.
“So that is the way to go, it was not within the power of the President and Commander in Chief to use his state instrument to prevent Ndume from contesting because it is his right so to do. All the President could do which he did was to deploy his influence both through the party and other channels to persuade people to ensure that this time around APC has a national leadership that we believe can work in harmony with the President.
“By the way, who is Okiye, does he know what was invested in the making of the governor? Can he possibly lay claim to loving the governor more than those of us who went round the state and stake our reputation and invest our energy and persuasive skill to market the governor to the people. If there is one man that wants governor Obaseki to succeed so that everything I said on his behalf comes to pass, I think it will be me.
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