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Fake news, please disregard. An active Mod should have ordinarily taken down this falsehood and sanction the mischievous OP appropriately.

Wait until the news goes viral, he wouldn't only retract it, he completely deny ever making the statement. You just watch out.

Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs Committee, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has taken on Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman for criticising the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) handling of ongoing Edo election campaigns as weak, defeatist, cowardly and at best treacherous.


Also, Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (EKiti Central), condemned Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki over alleged invasion of the Assembly Complex in Benin City last week.

Basiru, in a statement in Abuja, insisted that Lukman should immediately be called to order by the APC Governors Forum and shut out from making disparaging remarks about the party.

The Spokesman of the Senate said: “People who really have nothing useful to contribute to the ongoing campaigns should desist from making remarks that will discourage genuine Democrats who are working for the progress of APC and the Nation.”

The DG had berated the leadership of the APC for adopting the wrong approach to electioneering campaign in Edo, specifically faulting allowing Comrade Adams Oshimhole to lead the campaign.

Basiru dismissed Lukman’s view point as conceding electoral victory to the opposition before casting the first ballot adding that “no true progressive minded individual ought to nurse this kind of negative view point.

“The approach advocated by the DG that Oshiomhole should be withdrawn into the background is cowardly, weak and at the best defeatist as well as treacherous,” Basiru said.

He added: “How can anyone withdraw his best asset when needed most? We shall be indulging in self delusion if we say Comrade Oshiomhole is not important or central to the ongoing campaigns especially when the opposition has made him the focus of their campaign.”

The Senate spokesman reminded the DG the same Oshiomhole led Obaseki by the nose and campaigned vigorously for him to become Governor in 2016.

“It is disturbing for a progressive to take the position of Lukman berating your own party publicly as ‘beating the drums of war’ and so conceding victory to your opponent before the actual contest.

“The view of the DG that Pastor (Osagie) Ize-Iyamu is an on looker in his own election is also not correct because Ize-Iyamu is sufficiently popular and had now been in political limelight in the State for years.

“In fact we fought ‘tooth and nail’ to defeat him in the last election.”
He advised the PGF DG to “rid himself of the anti-Oshiomhole sentiments running deep among his haters and allow him to perform his legal and fundamental rights of canvassing for the candidate of his choice, especially when those against him have nothing, absolutely nothing to contribute.

“The intentions of the DG and some of the so called progressive Governors whose opinions are represented in this unsolicited outburst, that at best could be an internal memo, are less than noble and amounts to shooting down what the party has laboured to build.”

On his part, Bamidele described the alleged actions of Obaseki in the invasion of the House of Assembly as unlawful, subversive and a damning threat to democracy in Nigeria.

Fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Bamidele insisted the continued onslaughts on members of the Edo Assembly by Obaseki should be condemned and resisted by all lovers of democracy because the legislature is an integral and critical component of democracy anywhere around the world.

He noted the deliberate and inordinate sabotage of the legitimate activities of the lawmakers in the legislature is a direct invitation to anarchy, which must be promptly halted before the situation is allowed to get out of hands.

According to him, the legislature, because of its representative power in a democracy, is the mirror of the will of the the people which must not be subverted by anybody under whatever guise.

“The legislature is the chief means of expressing popular will, a body that can speak on behalf of, and for, the people.

“It is, therefore, the assembly of the people’s minds and the general will of the populace within a polity,” he said.

He added the desperation of Obaseki to secure a second term in office should not be allowed to desecrate, destroy and totally subvert the legislative institution in Edo State, saying “democratic sustainability demands that political players should moderate and caution their political behaviours to safeguard the sanctity of democracy and institutions of democratic governance.”




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Philip Shuiabu should recruit more thugs, they will meet their match and bigger strength in the Nigerian Police

So Ashafa left the hallow chamber of the National Assembly and move to an that's enmeshed in serious integrity issues. Anyway, I can only wish him well. Meanwhile I congratulate Hon. Jubrin Abdulmumuni for his coming back to political reckoning so soon.

Obaseki won't be impeached now, until after his expected defeat at the polls.

OP, are you referring to the former Speaker? He's tenacious fighter, but he met a more resilient fighter in the guys he's up against...

How I wish this is true...it would have simply meant Obaseki won't be re-contesting as the Governor of Edo State, but an impeached one...like they would say in my part of the country. "o n rugbo bọ"

Which faction of APC did he defect to, that of Amaechi or Abe's?

So a politician can cross to another political party under Empror Wike's nose? I thought when Wike talks in Rivers, everything quakes.

What kind of weakling and useless press release is this for God sake? Your opponent is "a lone ranger" , isn't that supposed to be an added advantage to your own campaign team, why are you crying for him for being a loner? Both Kola Ọlọgbọndiyan and Uche Secondus are too weak and empty to lead a party that once called itself " the biggest political party in Africa" so so sorry!

What were they thinking, I hope Sowore was part of the people arrested?

Obaseki should have given them more.

The handlers and brains behind Obaseki's campaign and even Obaseki himself deserves to be flogged. A man has been Governor for 4 years, and he's re-contesting, his campaign team can't identify any laudable project he started and completed within that period as the focal point of their campaign, rather, they are using what a politician said about his opponent four years ago. I laughed at the Idahosa when he openly said in an interview that Oshiomhole had done all the campaign for Obaseki 4 years ago, that the Governor doesn't need to bother himself this time.

OP, you mean it was the dessedent elected members that used "Benin science" and appeared in POI campaign office in the image of the Deputy Speaker band endorsed the candidature of the man of God?

This Deputy Governor has not said anything substantive, I thought he would delve into the land dispute and the political wrangling between Oyo PDP and the APC in the State.

Chiedu4Trump:
How many times will they dribble Tinubu b4 he figures out that they dont plan to give him the presidency?

Disillusions of grandeur

Tinubu that cant even get his own man as Ekiti Gov

If he gets "his own man as Èkìtì Gov'nor" it's the same you that would shout to high heaven that's he's playing god. Why do you hate people who are ahead of you?

where are the women he mentioned in his tweet? useless attention seeker!

I'm not easily moved by politicians. they're never since with their intentions...

Once news like this starts surfacing, one thing is certain, there's a frosty relationship already, because no there's no smoke without fire...this was how it started between Oshiomhole and Obaseki, there were fierce denials at the initial stage, until it couldn't be denied any longer, we are watching.

it's doesn't matter to Abians, since the place is in Abia State and not Lagos or Osun State...and the their irresponsible Governor's name is Ikpeazu and not Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Obaseki was wrongly advised by the people who encouraged to pick up a fight against Oshiomhole. I'm sure he'll be regretting the day he decided to tell his benefactor to "go to hell" with these crowd and all that has happened in Edo so far, it's obvious that Obaseki stands no chance in the Sept 19th election.

People are wicked and heartless. why are they leaving the Governor in droves? please Obaseki should be placed under close watch, he may be contemplating suicide

This is invitation to troubles, can't campaign without unnecessarily getting on the nerves of each other?

Liar! We don't celebrate or organize Christmas carols in MFM.

Ordinarily, I shouldn't be typing this, unfortunately, I'm. "Tinubu and Nigerians would have more to gain from Atiku than Buhari" Major General Buhari is not only an ungrateful human being, also a terrible nepotistic human being!

joshcaleb200:
Lalasticlala

Why are you shouting "Lalasticlala" , to move bar parlour gossip and total falsehood to front-page or what?

Who no like better thing? Oba Ikate like aboki woman

Ano won ni Kano