Obaseki-Oshiomhole feud: Afemai in Diaspora warns Obaseki to eschew politics of bitterness
By Adeyemi Elijah, Benin
Dissatisfied by the lingering feud between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole and Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, a Social Cultural Group under the aegis of Afemai in Diaspora (AID), has cautioned Gov Godwin Obaseki against further embarrassment of the Former Edo State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole.
In a press statement made available to newsmen on Thursday by its Secretary, Mr. Martins Sadoh, the group warned that Obaseki must eschew politics of bitterness and play by the rule of the state and enjoy the peace it has been known for over the years.
The group maintained that the ‘dangerous dimension’ that the governor and his team has introduced into the polity of the state, if not checked now, will spell doom to the peace loving people of Edo.
They warned that a situation where the governor and his deputy, Mr Philip Shaibu, have continually embarrassed and openly insult the person of the national chairman, have become politics taking too far.
According to him, “politics as we know is your ability to convince people on why they should see you as the best or woo the them into supporting your cause, and not forcing them to support your as presently been seen in Edo as been perpetuated by Obaseki.
“The governor has taking the state politics into a dangerous height and has succeeded in setting the people of the state up against one and another because of his quest for second term in office.
“If he has so performed like he claimed and believed that his performance will return him to office, he needs not to have embarked on this da dangerous game that have inflicted more pains on the people and mortgaged the peaceful nature of the people and the state in general.
“In particular, we have had enough of his embarrassment of Oshiomhole and will not take more from him, he must deceased forthwith and play politics the way it ought to, or is Oshiomhole running for office again?
“We will no longer sit in awe and watch the life of our son, father, continually been threatened by Obaseki, as if he (Oshiomhole) is no longer a citizen of this state or have a right to freedom of Movement and that of Association.
“As for Shaibu, we are not surprised since we have always known him for his inordinate quest for power. I am sure the people of Afemai knows how to handle his case.
The group concluded by calling on the IGP and other security agencies, to dispassionately, look into the attempted assassination of a chieftain of the APC, Mr Henry Idahagbon, and also the use of explosive on the resident of Cheif Francis Inegbineki.
“It is our believe that if the people behind this dastardly act are brought to book, it will check the matter for escalating into that of reprisal attacks,” it said.
