Tag: Comrade Adams Oshiomhole

Nigeria bleeding in the hands of people who can’t manage their party – Fayose

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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has lamented that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government was pushing Nigeria to a state of total destruction, noted that there was no how people who can not manage the affairs of their own party and immediate family will be able to manage the affairs of a country. According to a statement on Sunday, signed by his Spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, the former Governor lamented that the country was bleeding seriously, with democracy being threatened because of the rudderless people making and implementing policies…

Oyegun’s Letter to APC – ‘BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’

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When we decided in 2012 to build a politic at coalition of progressives, we were driven by a deep sense of patriotism to rescue our country and a strong commitment to salvage our democracy.   We believed at the time that the ship of our country was headed for the rocks. Therefore, the significant progressive opposition parties and indeed all men and women of goodwill joined forces, not only to bring it back on course but also to set it on a completely different trajectory that would restore the hopes…

Edo 2020: I See a New Deal By Olawale Olaleye

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With the political situation in Edo State APC currently what is locally called, “Yam pepper scatter scatter” in Yorubaland, the equation might have returned to its old fluid state. Nothing is subject to near accurate projection for now. But a few guesses are still plausible. If you share the position that this is not about what Governor Godwin Obaseki chooses to do with his brother and friend, Adams Oshiomhole but the battle for 2023, which a majority of the actors have begun to position for, then, it means a new…

Edo-APC Conundrum By Haruspice

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A party that wants to retain the presidency shouldn’t be in this early disarray, you do everything possible to manage your contradictions internally, you don’t take your fight to the public with such brazen agility. A sitting Governor under your party erred politically not governance wise I was told, he was marked for a fall, his Governor colleagues rose up not necessarily in his defence but to broker a truce between him and his aggrieved godfather, they went as far as Lagos, to call on their bigger father -the leader…

Obaseki: Beyond the Emerging Optics! By Olawale Olaleye

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One of my favourite Yoruba proverbs says, “Ti wahala ba de ba ologbon, awon omugo ni w’on a ma se oludamoran e”. Literally, what that means is that, “When the wise is confounded, the admonition of the foolish comes handy”. The news of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s resignation from the APC certainly did not come as a surprise to practically everyone. Events leading to it didn’t say otherwise. It also goes without saying that his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari (if it ever held) before the announcement was just a waste…

Mr. Obaseki, It’s Game Over! By Olawale Olaleye

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The day this supposed ‘endorsement’ picture of Governor Godwin Obaseki and President Muhammadu Buhari was published, the discerning few knew it was the beginning of the end for him. The president does not truly endorse anyone. He only takes those pictures for the optics. This is without questioning his understanding of a presidential endorsement in any capacity. Running to Buhari is simply running in vain – a total waste of time. Hardly does he provide leadership in critical times, even when two allies of his fight to the finish, for…

Ambode’s Humiliation: Will Obaseki Follow Suit? By Tony Ademiluyi

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Obaseki has allegedly been running from pillar to post including a secret visit to Tinubu to ensure that he returns back to power later this year. History repeats itself because man in his usual frailty learns the stories but never the salient lessons. This weakness of man ensures that events are perpetually recycled when such needless rigmarole could have been nipped in the bud. In the 2015 build up to the elections in Lagos state, the question of the lips of most Lagosians was Ambode who? He had no political…

He Just Called the Edo Voters Stupid! By Olawale Olaleye

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I spent some good 10 minutes of my precious time listening to a ‘passionate submission’ by the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole on the 2016 governorship election in Edo State in a video, where he gave convincing explanations why then candidate of the PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu must not be elected governor of the state. Oshiomhole was unequivocal about Ize-Iyamu’s ineligibility for the office. He didn’t as much mealymouth around his facts. He was poignant, in fact, as he listed them off-the-top-of-his-head. He said Ize-Iyamu was a thief. That he…

Omo-Agege Condemns Attacks On Oshiomhole …. calls On parties To embrace dialogue

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has condemned the attacks on the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in Benin City, Edo State. Omo-Agege said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr.Yomi Odunuga, in Abuja on Sunday. Omo- Agege described the development as callous,cowardly, inhumane and totally unacceptable that should be condemned by all, he noted that political practice in the country should not be allowed to degenerate to a situation where violence becomes the language of activism…