Edo APC warns governors on Oyegun, NASS leadership

Kunle Awosiyan |

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged APC governors to maintain the status-quo on the leadership of the National Assembly instead of allegedly accusing the Chairman of the party Chief Odigie-Oyegun of collecting bribes.

The State Publicity Secretary, Godwin Erhahon, who made this known in Benin on Wednesday, condemned the attitude of eight of the APC governors, including the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, who held a meeting with the national chairman

The governors had expressed their displeasure to Odigie-Oyegun alleged collection of gifts from Senator Bukola Saraki before the NASS election, while pretending to be in support of the party’s decision to cede the Senate Presidency to Senator Ahmed Lawan.

Although the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had refuted the claims, Erhahon said the state chapter of the party had assessed the outcome of the meeting, which, he said, did not bother on the said allegation.

He said, “The publication on Oyegun is a pigment of the imagination of the author. We in Edo have been able to read the statement of the governor and the national chairman and there was ‎no spelt allegation or call for resignation.

“In any case, who can bribe the national chairman and what for? The emergence of the current Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives was something that was not expected; it took everybody by surprise and the governor took his own position.

“Everybody is also aware that President‎ Mohammadu Buhari told everyone to calm down and ensure that the matter was not allowed to break the party. So at what level will bribery come in?”