There were indications yesterday that a video cameraman with Channels television attached to the Presidential Villa in Abuja had been redeployed to the Senate over a viral video, where the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, were allegedly discussing possible arrest.
Multiple sources confirmed the development, saying the decision may have been influenced by the Presidency, which must have felt embarrassed by the video of such a conversation making it to the public domain.
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When Godwin Obaseki emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 10 election in Edo State. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who was governor at that time described the primaries as the best ever organised by the party.
He noted that the process was transparent, while the delegates were well behaved and called for unity among party members.
He said all the aspirants belonged to one family and needed to work together to ensure victory at the polls.
Comrade Oshiomhole, who described Mr. Obaseki as sound, said he was also at home with governance and “ready to
Efforts to remove the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole continued yesterday with the resolution of South South leaders of the party to replace him with Victor Giadom in acting capacity.
They also insisted that the party’s National Executive Committee scheduled for next week Tuesday, must hold.
They have also urged all members of the party from the six states in the geographical zone to attend the meeting, saying the NEC is the only democratic instrument of the party authorized to do so by its constitution.
These decisions were reached Thursday night in Abuja, …
Edo State’s lingering political crisis appears to have assumed a rather dangerous and destructive dimension, such that could eclipse the fortunes of the ruling party in the forthcoming governorship, writes Adibe Emenyonu
This crisis of confidence between the warring factions in the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) appears irreconcilable with the dimension it has attained lately. Before the latest development, their differences were all about verbal exchanges, suspension and counter-suspension.
The near semblance of fisticuffs was the disruption of meetings at Ivbiaro in Owan East Local Government Area of the state, the destruction of chairs and canopies at Aganebode, …
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has threatened to expel Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Obaseki warned that Oshiomhole would be expelled if he continues to “disrupt activities” in the state and the state arm of the party.
The governor issued the threat during a meeting with the APC local government Chairmen in the state yesterday in Benin, where he also directed the party chairmen to seriously deal with any persons or group carrying out activities outside what the party hierarchy states.
According
Idahosa made the allegation while warning that Oshiomhole will disappoint APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking with Daily Independent, Idahosa said Oshiomhole will team up with a Northerner to work against Tinubu.
He said: “I feel so sorry for Tinubu because he doesn’t know who Oshiomhole is. I
Oshiohmole stated this when he addressed State House correspondents after the end of a closed door meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
He said: “You hardly see people throwing stone at a dry tree palm tree. But if you see a mango tree when it is its season, people throw stones at it when passing.
“I think that is my lot but my report card is also very very clear. You my comrades (media) should also help
Obaseki stated this while hosting ward leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oredo local government area of the state.
According to him, he came into office to fight godfatherism, but is facing resistance from former Governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, who he claims is “reneging on the mandate” .
Obaseki said: “Comrade Oshiomhole came to me, asking that we join forces to fight and bring an end to the practice of godfatherism in the state.
“The partnership helped us in changing
Idahosa said that Oshiomhole was the cause of the crisis and so should stop playing the victim card.
He was reacting to the former Edo State Governor’s call on Nigerians to remember him in their prayers over his fate in the party.
Oshiomhole made the call at a meeting with some party members in Edo.
Idahosa, a former
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, yesterday, said he will open a can of worms that will make Edo people to stone APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on the streets
He said the can of worms would seal the political fate of the Edo State former governor.
Adjoto also vowed to organise a national protest, tagged: ‘Oshiomhole Must Go’, against the former Edo governor in the New Year.
The immediate past speaker of the state House of Assembly, who told party members at his country home at Ikakumo in Igarraland in Edo, said the protest …
He said that the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, is the leader of the Edo APC.
The party chairman said this on Saturday when he who spoke with reporters after a meeting with party leaders in Edo North at Jattu-Uzaire, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.
He said Oshiomhole remained suspended from the party, adding that there was no division in the state chapter
Mr Crusoe Osage, the Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Wednesday, NAN reports.
Osagie said the conventional Christmas presents reserved for former governors of the state that were sent to Oshiomhole were turned back.
He said that messengers from the state government were dispatched to deliver the gifts on Christmas eve.
“The messengers said they met the mother of the former governor who
