PRESS RELEASE
We have read
and followed the erratic, truculent and pugnacious vituperation of Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state in his unbridled belligerence to drag our dear
Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa into his level of ghetto-dialectics.
Governor
Oshiomhole has manifestly conducted himself in such a manner that reeks with
foul, odoriferous demagoguery, embarrassingly diminishing his stature both
literally and figuratively and dislocating himself from his revered office in
some well documented instances in Bayelsa state, in the Governors forum, in his
altercations with the former Minister for Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of
the Economy, in his clandestine and brash politicking as the only APC S/South
Governor in the run-up to the 2015 Governorship elections and most disturbingly
in the inscrutable and audacious manner he seemingly mortgaged Edo state to
some foreign interest; an action he is trying to replicate all over again with
the foisting and imposition of a certain Godwin Obaseki, another surrogate, on
the people of Edo state.
As a
responsible political party, which has produced a Governor who is a brand of
excellent leadership, administrative articulation, progressive dynamism,
cosmopolitan eclecticism and post-modern reconciliations to political and
governance interrogations, we do not take kindly to the kind of unlettered,
uncultured and primitive assaults on the personality of our Governor and the
leader of our political party in Delta state, as Governor Adams Oshiomhole has
continuously and mischievously exhibited towards Governor Okowa.
We have,
however, taken great satisfaction in the response of the Delta State
Information Commissioner, Hon. Patrick Ukah to Governor Oshiomhole’s rant, but
it is imperative to let the so-called Comrade Governor know that he cannot
dictate to Delta PDP. He must learn to live with the fact that the PDP is one
big, indestructible family and we will provide maximum moral support to our
brothers in Edo State to ensure the resounding victory of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
come September 28, 2016. Indeed, he should rather be seeking ways of possibly
mending his broken and fractured APC house, which now is rapidly collapsing on
his head and also be prepared for the defeat that will surely be inflicted on
him and his party soon.
Finally, let us
state categorically that as a peace-loving State, we neither harbour militants
and we most certainly do not export militants. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is too
sophisticated, responsible and strategically astute to engage in the crude and reductionist
ploy of moving people around for the purpose of election. Nigeria has even
grown beyond that pedestrian strategy.
Governor
Oshiomhole is thus best advised, in case he gets another leadership opportunity
in future, to humbly seek leadership tutorials from Governor Okowa on how to
manage a diverse and complex ethno-cultural economy, create jobs for the
teeming youth population, pay salaries regularly to workers, even in the face
of harsh financial realities, build quality and enduring infrastructure like
schools, roads, bridges spread evenly across the three senatorial zones in the
state, formulate and initiate progressive developmental policies for effective
and collective sectoral growth and indeed ensure prosperity for his people, as
Governor Okowa is doing for Deltans, through his well-articulated S.M.A.R.T
Agenda in Delta State.
As a parting
shot, we would like to remind Governor Adams Oshiomhole that those whom
benevolent spirits have cracked their palm kernel should be humble and
grateful. He should also be mindful of the fact that he is already on his way
out and is now operating on borrowed time. A word, as they say, is enough for
the wise.
Signed:
IFEANYI MICHAEL OSUOZA
STATE PUBLICITY SECRETARY
PDP, DELTA STATE
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