Oshiomole narrowly escaped from being lynched.

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomole,
was on Tuesday smuggled out of the venue of
the Bayelsa State governorship primary of the All
Progressives Congress.
This happened as the much awaited primary of
the party ended in a deadlock.
Oshiomole, Chairman, Electoral Committee of the
APC primary, was trapped in the Samson Siasia
Sports Complex Complex, Yenagoa, venue of the
election when youths loyal to former Governor
Timipre Sylva stormed the area around 3.30pm.
The loyalists had stormed the area after Sylva
had finished complaining to one of the national
officers that the election was designed to
scheme him out.
He had said the primary was skewed in favour of
a particular aspirant by the national leadership of
the party.
Sylva, who looked distraught, complained
seriously that he would not accept the treatment
being meted out to him by the national
leadership.
No sooner had he finished expressing his
displeasure than scores of his loyalists took over
the area, chanting war songs.
The youth threw caution to the wind and started
attacking Oshiomhole and the national leadership
of the party.
At that point, the arena had been thrown into
pandemonium as aspirants, delegates, journalists
and other persons scampered for safety.
Oshiomhole, who was held hostage till about
5pm, could only escape from the venue with the
help of operatives of the Department of State
Security and soldiers.
The loyalists of Sylva, who announced to the
crowds that accreditation was continuing by
5pm, wanted the Edo Governor to be there with
them.
But Oshiomhole was said to have pulled a
masterstroke when he told the members of the
state Executive Committee of the party, who
were bent on continuing the accreditation of
delegates, that he was hungry and needed to go
and eat

“That was how Governor Adams Oshiomhole was
able to escape from the venue,” one of the
security operatives, who spoke on the condition
of anonymity, said.
As of 5pm, the Chairman of the party in the
state, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe, announced that
accreditation of delegate would continue.
As of that time, some aspirants, including a
major contender, Chief Timi Alaibe, had escaped
from the venue for fear of being attacked
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So many things at stake in this Bayelsa election.
Politics is too lucrative while poverty & unemployment is very high. This is why politicians (which includes aspirants and their godfathers) will keep playing do-or-die politics. What more, they are assured of an endless stream of unemployed youths for thuggery and other dirty jobs.
This will never stop until we start hearing about the execution of corrupt politicians.

The change is real. Do or die politics is fully back. Corruption right under their nose but they wouldn't see it because they don't really know the full meaning of corruption.

SMH,back to the era of do or die politics,I pityy nigerians.