Arrest, prosecute Oshiomhole, Obaseki petitions I-G, DSS
The crisis rocking the Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another dimension as the state government petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Security (DSS) to arrest and prosecute the APC National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole.
In a petition written by the state government, Oshiomhole, was alleged to have breached the state law banning political rallies.
Edo state Deputy Governor, Phillip Shuaibu made this disclosure in Abuja on Monday, while fielding questions from journalists shortly after a meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors’ sub-committee on governance with the National Assembly leadership.
Shuaibu categorically, stated that he was in Abuja to submit a petition over the breach of the law banning political rallies in the state by Oshiomhole.
“I am in Abuja to meet with the inspector general. I have a petition to the inspector general and to the director of DSS to the effect that Adams Oshiomhole be arrested by the police and be arrested by the DSS for the breakdown of law and order that he has consistently perpetrated in Edo state.
“We banned rallies, the inspector general in a letter also suspended rallies. He disobeyed the orders of the state government; he disobeyed the orders of the inspector general and feels that he is above the law.
“For us, we have officially come now to drop our petition with the inspector general to the effect that Oshiomhole is not above the law; he should be arrested for violating the state government’s order.
“He (Oshiomhole) was a governor before and he knows that nobody violated his orders as governor because it is not about him, it is about the state. When everybody disobeys laws, then the country becomes a banana republic; God forbids.
“And that is why we are saying that the inspector general and the director general of the DSS should arrest him and interrogate him for breaching the peace and disobeying government orders and security orders for rallies.
“So, for us, when the suspended national chairman of the party continually disobeys the law, when opposition party chairmen do same, he becomes a reference point, so that is why I am here on behalf of the state government to submit a petition that Oshiomhole be arrested and prosecuted for breaching the peace of Edo state,” Shuaibu stated.
The deputy governor also denied rumours that he alongside his boss, Godwin Obaseki were planning to dump APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said that “that statement has been coming on and on. I can categorically, tell you that the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki and I are in APC and we are not leaving APC.
“The party is stronger today because of the governor of Edo state and when we read such things on the social media, what we just say is that this is fake news. We are not leaving APC, APC is our party. We formed it and we are solidly on ground to promote good governance and the governor is doing very well.
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“Some people are saying because of the endorsement by the PDP and some individuals that is a sign that we are leaving the party. No. They should read it the other way.
That is a sign that even other parties are accepting and agreeing to the fact that the governor of Edo state is working and he should be emulated and that is why he is having the endorsements.
“This is the first time the APC and non-APC people are endorsing the governor and I think it should be a pride to everybody. So, when you talk about leaving the party, it is just one of those guys trying to create a problem.”
