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Edo Deputy Gov’s Rumoured Defection: No IDP In APC; Party Not Rehabilitation Centre – Oshiomhole Declares

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2 years ago

August 10, 2023

By Joseph Kanjo

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State and now Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District at the National Assembly has said his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, is not a rehabilitation centre for failed politicians.

Oshiomhole was reacting to the news making the rounds that Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, was warming up to join the the APC after falling out with his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Recall that it was reported in the media Thursday, August 3rd, that, in order to prevent his impeachment from office, the Deputy Governor approached a Federal Hight Court, Abuja, where he sought protection from being impeached from office.

But reacting to the development during a condolence visit to the family of the late Esogban of Benin kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, Oshiomhole said he has not seen where court pass judgement based on suspicion.

He responded to journalists’ question: “About somebody going to court to complain based on suspicion that he was about to be impeached by the state House of Assembly, I don’t know how court adjudicate over suspicion.”

On the rumour that Shaibu has planned to defect to the APC, Oshiomhole declared: “Let me say this, to say that somebody wants to run to APC, I want to say APC is not a rehabilitation centre.”

He added: “We in APC are satisfied the way we are; we are happy in opposition. I want to say we are not about to receive people who are coming because they have lost out. I want to say there is no IDP camp in APC.”

He advised political office holders to be loyal to their principal, insisting that no matter what happened, one should be loyal to his principal and that he can never support disloyalty.

He added: “My advice is, those who are having challenges should learn how to respect their bosses. I will also advise people that anyone you work with, be loyal.”

He continued: “Many of you will attest to the fact that my deputy was interested in succeeding me, and I didn’t support him, but my deputy didn’t take me to court.”

Oshiomhole added: “… and if there are people whose sole means is to profit from crisis, such persons cannot get my support.”

On Shaibu’s bid to succeed Obaseki, the former Governor said: “It would be nice if ordinarily my clan produce the next governor of Edo State, but Nigeria doesn’t work that way. So, base on the principal of fairness, it should be fair others produce the next governor.”

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Coalition: Abure-led LP Gives Obi 48 Hours To Leave Party

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18 hours ago

July 3, 2025

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The Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has given the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, a 48 hours ultimatum to leave the party haven formally joined the coalition party.

This was contained in a statement signed by the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, in Abuja, on Thursday.

He explained that the Labour Party under Abure’s leadership remains vehemently opposed to joining the coalition while dismissing members of the coalition as “power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.”

The party warned Nigerians that the often mouthed ‘new Nigeria is Possible’ is a ruse and cannot be achieved with the assemblage of old, recycled, desperate and frustrated politicians in the coalition.

Ifoh said the party is aware that all those who mismanaged Nigeria over the years are the ones that gathered themselves in the coalition while noting that desperate politicians can’t birth new Nigeria.

He said, “We are aware of several nocturnal meetings between Peter Obi and some of our members, lobbying them to join him in his new party. We’re also aware that a number of them has refused to defect with him.

“Labour Party has consistently said it is not part of the coalition and therefore, any of our members who is part of the coalition is given within 48 hours to formally resign his membership of the party.

“Labour Party is not available for people with dual agenda, people with deceptive persona. The party will not avail itself to individuals who have one leg in one Party and another leg elsewhere.

“People who in the morning they will claim to be in the Labour Party and in the evening they are in coalition.

“Nearly 70 per cent of the Nigerian population are youths who are tired of the old order, tired of gerontocrats deciding their fate. The new Nigeria that the youths are dreaming of, is not what can be realized from what we are seeing in the coalition.

“These people are opportunistic politicians who are only interested in relaunching themselves into circle of power, people who are desperate to continue holding on to power.

“The new Nigeria of our dream can only be realised through the Labour Party, and the party is willing to lead Nigerians along that trajectory.

“I therefore urge all members of the party to remain loyal and keep the party structure intact ahead of future elections.”

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Only A Formidable Coalition Can Salvage Nigeria, Says Peter Obi

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18 hours ago

July 3, 2025

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has given his full support for the coalition of opposition parties aimed at ending President Bola Tinubu’s rule in 2027.

He explained that it was a fact that no single group can change Nigeria alone, hence the need for people to come together to pursue the goal.

The former Amambra State Governor said this in a post on his verified X handle, on Thursday.

He said this just as the Julia Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has given him 48 hours within which to formally resign from the party or risk expulsion.

Obi in his post wrote, “Yesterday, the coalition members formally adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 Nigeria General Elections with Distinguished Senator David Mark serving as the National Chairman and H.E. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola serving as the National Secretary.

“Our commitment is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 General Elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first.

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“This decision was not made lightly. It comes from deep reflection on where we are as a country and what must be done to move forward.

“No one group can change Nigeria alone. To dismantle the structures that keep our people in poverty and insecurity, we must build bridges, not walls even when those bridges are uneasy. A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO.”

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I Don’t Owe Anybody Explanation On Truce With Fubara – Wike

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22 hours ago

July 3, 2025

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Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, declared that peace has returned to his home state, Rivers, saying he does not owe anyone an explanation on the terms of the truce.

Wike disclosed this during a Media chat monitored in Abuja.

According to him, several people had turned the crisis in Rivers State into an “oil well”, from which they were drawing illicit funds for their selfish interests, saying such fifth columnists are no longer happy that he has reconciled with the suspended Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara.

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