…As Governor Says Oshiomhole, other EPM members are not APC members
…Insists there is no division in Edo APC
…Says INEC to announce fresh date for election into EDHA
…Assures reconstruction of Sobe-Sabogida-Ora Road
“Any person doing anti-party activities, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked us to deal with them. We have been told to go back to organise our party; that’s why we are here,” Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State declared on Thursday.
Obaseki was speaking at a gathering of APC members from Owan East and West Local Government Areas in Sabogida-Ora, Owan West LGA.
“As a ruling party in the state, we have done a lot for Edo people, moving the state forward progressively but EPM are afraid of progress and will do anything to ensure we don’t get another term.”
Obaseki reaffirmed that there is no division in the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), noting that all those working to destabilize the party would be shown the way out.
The governor said the APC in the state was united, strong and formidable, stressing that members of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) are not members of the APC.
“Members of the EPM are trying to frustrate the good plans we have for Edo people as their plan is to burn markets and government buildings. Their intention is to discredit our administration but the people of Edo know better.
“APC is one party; those that say they are in EPM are not APC, including their National Chairman who we have suspended in Edo State.
‘Those mistakenly elected into Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) who are members of EPM have been thrown out and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is aware and will soon announce date for a fresh election, where we would have opportunity to elect credible representatives who will represent us in the House,” he said.
Governor Obaseki said his administration was achieving a lot in agriculture in the state, as his government would soon commence work on Sobe-Sabogida-Ora road.
“Go to Sobe, we have just started harvesting corn. I have told the contractor to start work on the Sobe-Sabogida-Ora road. In that road alone, I want to do 5,000 hectares of cassava farm; I am a governor for development.”
