Politics

Obaseki’s Claim On Inauguration Lie; Looking For Mere Excuse – APC Committee

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8 months ago

November 10, 2024

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo Governorship Inauguration Committee has described as lie Governor Godwin Obaseki’s claim that he (Obaseki) had been left out from the preparation for the swearing-in ceremonies of the incoming governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo.

Obaseki had earlier said that the APC inauguration committee has not invited him to partake in the swearing-in ceremony of the governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, billed to hold Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

But reacting to Obaseki’s claim in a statement made available to INFO DAILY, Comrade Orobosa Omo-Ojo, Chairman, Media/Publicity Sub-Committee, Edo State Governorship Inauguration Committee, asked “who is supposed to invite who?,” particularly when Obaseki “has the government apparatus at his disposal.”

Omo-Ojo, while stating that “Obaseki is merely looking for a reason to excuse himself from the traditional handing over ceremony which the Nigerian Constitution demands from him,” called on “Nigerians and in particular Edo State people to ignore Obaseki’s temper tantrums which he has always exhibited with his uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration whenever he fails to get his own way.”

Omo-Ojo noted: “This comment and others he consciously made, demonstrates Obaseki’s unprecedented malice and bitterness that traced his wasteful administration, which by God’s Grace will come to a deserved end in the next 24 hours.

The norm and practice is that, the inauguration of an incoming President or Governor, is planned by a Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

“But for obvious reasons, Obaseki has decided to abdicate his responsibility to Edo people by withdrawing the participation of his government.

“Truth be told, Obaseki who wanted to frustrate the inauguration process is only upset that the inauguration is going ahead without him discharging his constitutional responsibility.”

According to him, to make the swearing-in ceremony a success, the APC made some requests as logistics, but unfortunately “from the list of basic request we made, only one Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and four Hilux trucks were volunteered. All our requests have been met with brick walls.”

“Arising from the joint meeting we had with Obaseki’s team, a program of event which he approved was adopted. But strangely, he stoutly refused to implement same. His nominees thereafter, expressed frustration at Obaseki’s inability to give them the required support,” he added.

Omo-Ojo, while refuting Obaseki’s claim that “our party the APC has “borrowed between N2 billion and N5 billion to fund the upcoming inauguration of Governor-elect,” said: “For the avoidance of doubt, the Inauguration Committee is driving the program with 20% less than what the Edo State Government led by Obaseki had budgeted, before the Accountant General was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for pending sundry corruption offences.”

Politics

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

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17 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.”

Politics

Only A Formidable Coalition Can Salvage Nigeria, Says Peter Obi

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17 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.”

Politics

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

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21 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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