Asiwaju Bola Tinubu restates his
call for President Goodluck Jonathan resignation
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo
State has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to show what his party, the
Peoples Democratic Party has done in Edo State, saying the President only came
go the stated to commission a resurfaced existing Ofosu-Benin axis of an
expressway which was constructed by a military regime.
The Governor said the President’s
Sure-P programme is simply a Sure fraud where huge sums of money is handed to
an individual to disburse at will without record, saying the war against
corruption by the current government at the federal level can be likened to a
gun that fires shots without casualties.
Also, a leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu restated his call for President
Goodluck Jonathan to resign, saying on the President’s watch, soldiers are
fleeing without firing a shot and abandoning complete barracks with armory for
the enemy to loot.
Speaking Wednesday at the Samuel
Ogbemudia Stadium during the celebration of the anniversary to mark his year as
Governor, Oshiomhole said: “I want to ask, if you listened to President Jonathan
when he was here in September to launch what they called the South-South rally
of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“He was reported as saying that Edo
State, our own great State, the Heartbeat of the Nigerian Nation will fall to
PDP. Let me ask you, can Edo State fall? Can the President fall any of you? He
even went on to say that Rivers State will fall to PDP. I need you to mark the
word ‘fall’ and when you go back home, take your dictionary and look at the
ordinary and special meaning of the word ‘fall’”.
Oshiomhole stressed, “To fall is to
collapse, to fall is to speak in the language of Soldiers. When they have used
the force of firearms to overcome their enemies and they capture them with the
aid of guns after killing many, they can say that the territory has fallen
“So is the President going to use
the Armed Forces to fall the people of Edo State? I want to put him on notice
that Edo State is not an enemy territory to be felled by Armed Forces and the
Commander-in-Chief must not target Edo for falling. Edo will stand and march
on.
“On the contrary, APC will defeat
the President in Bayelsa State, APC will defeat PDP in Rivers State, and APC
will defeat PDP in Cross River State. APC will defeat PDP in Delta State, APC
will continue to bury and bury PDP in Edo State.
Oshiomhole said, “What is the
Scorecard of the PDP in Edo State and in Nigeria? The PDP has commissioned the
resurfacing of Ofosu to Benin Road in a period of 16 years. That is all PDP has
to show in Edo State for over a period of 16 years. The PDP Federal Government
controls 52.8 % of declared federal collections and Edo State share of that
52.8 % and all they have to show in 16 years is the resurfacing of Ofosu-Benin
old carriage way.
The Governor said, “My challenge to
my opponents in whatever name they are called, people who spent 10 years in Edo
deceiving people, we have shown that they wasted our 10 years but we were not
deterred by their failure but rather inspired by the opportunity that we have
to reposition Edo State.
“I have made the point that we can
reposition Benin City, deal with the crisis of flooding, not on the basis of
random approach but by taking a holistic view on the flooding problem and apply
searchable solutions that are informed by scientific mandate”.
“We challenge our main opponent,
leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at all levels to come
out and refute all that I said we have done that we didn’t do”, he said.
According to him, “never again shall
we be buffeted by people who remember us once in 4years when they bring a
version of the stolen money to buy guns and distribute to young men to kill
people. We have moved away from the politics of sharing salt, banana and sugar
cane at the eve of election. Today, the Edo woman understands that providing
school for her child is better than giving her a bag of salt once in four
years”.
The Governor said that “as long as
the PDP has power, the Nigerian people will never have power”, saying “even as
we speak, this stadium is being powered by generator.” He said in the name
privatization of electricity distribution companies, the Federal Government
handed over power to people know next to nothing about electricity and power
generation.
On his part, the former Governor of
Lagos State and leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu the APC will sweep
Jonathan out of office if he refuses to go. He said: “you refuse to go, we will
sweep you away.” He said the APC will prove to the PDP that the power of the
people is greater than the barrel of the gun.
He accused the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) of being an arm of the PDP, saying “INEC and PDP
are Siamese twins, but APC will separate them.”
In his own speech, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal urged Nigerians to shun
politics of ethnic and religious sentiments in the 2015 General elections and
vote for candidates capable of bringing desired changes to the country.
Goodwill messages were also
delivered by former Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari. former Vice
President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, APC National Chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun among others.
The occasion was graced by Former
Head of State, Mohammed Buhari, Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Ali
Wamakko of Sokoto State, the Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Elder Peter
Kisira, former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylvia, former Governor
of Ekiti State, Chief Niyi Adebayo, Federal House of Representative Members,
Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uyi Igbe, Edo State House of
Assembly Members Market Women, Students, Civil Society Groups amongst others.
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