Afemai in Diaspora (AID), a social cultural group, has urged Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to stop embarrassing Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The group made the call in a statement by its Secretary, Mr. Martins Sadoh, made available to The NEXT EDITION in Lagos on Saturday.
They stressed that Obaseki must eschew politics of bitterness and play by the rule of the game so that the state would enjoy the peace it had been known for over the years.
The group maintained that the ‘dangerous dimension’ the governor and his team had introduced into the polity in Edo State, if not checked, would spell doom to the peace loving people of the state.
They warned that a situation where the governor and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, had continually embarrassed and openly insulted the person of the national chairman, had become politics taking too far.
According to the group, “Politics, as we know, is your ability to convince people on why they should see you as the best or woo the them into supporting your cause, and not forcing them to support your as presently been seen in Edo as been perpetuated by Obaseki.
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“The governor has taking the state politics into a dangerous height and has succeeded in setting the people of the state up against one and another because of his quest for second term in office.
“If he has so performed like he claimed and believed that his performance will return him to office, he needs not to have embarked on this da dangerous game that have inflicted more pains on the people and mortgaged the peaceful nature of the people and the state in general.
“In particular, we have had enough of his embarrassment of Oshiomhole and will not take more from him, he must deceased forthwith and play politics the way it ought to, or is Oshiomhole running for office again?
“We will no longer sit in awe and watch the life of our son, father, continually been threatened by Obaseki, as if he (Oshiomhole) is no longer a citizen of this state or have a right to freedom of Movement and that of Association.
“As for Shaibu, we are not surprised since we have always known him for his inordinate quest for power. I am sure the people of Afemai knows how to handle his case.
The group called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other security agencies, to dispassionately, look into the alleged attempted assassination of a chieftain of the APC, Mr Henry Idahagbon, and use of explosive on the residence of Cheif Francis Inegbineki.
“It is our belief that if the people behind this dastardly act are brought to book, it will check the matter for escalating into that of reprisal attacks,” said.
