OSHOMOLE'S REMOVAL; PANPIEC REACTS TO BUHARI'S INTERVENTION IN APC CRISIS, MOURNS AS YORUBA LOSES SEN. ABIOLA AJIMOBI, PARTICIPATES IN BURIAL, CALLS FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN EDO AND ONDO STATES.

The umbrella body of all groups promoting Igbo to be next President of Nigeria after Muhammad Buhari in 2023, Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition PANPIEC has consoled the Yoruba nation and the people of Oyo state over the demise of Oyo state immediate past Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.

In a statement signed by PANPIEC National Director of Media and Publicity, Prince Erondu Uche, the group lamented over the loss of prominent Yoruba leaders at this critical time of the country when their wealth of knowledge is most needed. Former Ondo state Governor Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua had left the stage, Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo also and now Sen.Abiola Ajimobi. According to Prince Erondu the Yoruba nation has lost another good son.

Prince Erondu Uche regretted the death of the former governor noting that Oyo state chapter of PANPIEC had nominated the late Abiola Ajimobi as one of the stakeholders to have been visited as the group continues its nationwide consultation after the lockdown. He noted that three PANPIEC delegates would represent the group in the burial. He prayed God to grant him eternal rest.

In another development, PANPIEC has called on all Politicians, Political Parties and Electorates in Edo and Ondo states to support free, fair and violent free elections in both states. The group's Spokesman Prince Erondu Uche gave this advice in a telephone chat with a reporter. Prince Erondu while reacting to the crisis rocking All Progressives Congress APC and the President Muhammad Buhari's intervention declined comment. He said that PANPIEC has no party affiliation but only interested in Igbo becoming Nigeria's President in 2023. "However as a responsible group, we would lend our voice to peaceful elections. Everyone's life is important to us. No position is worth someone's life he concluded".

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