Elderstatesman
Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia reacted yesterday in Benin to the comment by the
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja that Governor Adams
Oshiomhole pleaded to join the party, saying it is untrue.
Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia reacted yesterday in Benin to the comment by the
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja that Governor Adams
Oshiomhole pleaded to join the party, saying it is untrue.
Ogbemudia
said he led a delegation of himself, Senator Victor Oyofo, Dr Willie Ogbeide
and three others to persuade Oshiomhole to come to PDP.
said he led a delegation of himself, Senator Victor Oyofo, Dr Willie Ogbeide
and three others to persuade Oshiomhole to come to PDP.
Member
of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two time
former Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Ogbemudia said he was shocked when
Oshiomhole told them that if he came to PDP his friends in the media would kill
him.
of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two time
former Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Ogbemudia said he was shocked when
Oshiomhole told them that if he came to PDP his friends in the media would kill
him.
“So I
was, therefore, embarrassed when I heard that the PDP said he came to them and
they rejected him. So the answer for PDP lies in coming together, solve their
problem, install internal democracy and re-organise their management to
victory” he said.
was, therefore, embarrassed when I heard that the PDP said he came to them and
they rejected him. So the answer for PDP lies in coming together, solve their
problem, install internal democracy and re-organise their management to
victory” he said.
On the
Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Ogbemudia said that “the forum, according to
experts, is not in the constitution, but as far as I am concerned, whether it
is in the constitution or not, it has come to stay. The governors are the
custodians of the democratic votes; they are the ones running the country; they
are supposed to be the Chief Security Officer of each state.”
Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Ogbemudia said that “the forum, according to
experts, is not in the constitution, but as far as I am concerned, whether it
is in the constitution or not, it has come to stay. The governors are the
custodians of the democratic votes; they are the ones running the country; they
are supposed to be the Chief Security Officer of each state.”
He went
on: “The President should be the arbiter; he should call the two warring
factions together and settle them. So I expect and appeal to the President to
settle them. He should not allow the governors to break up into factions;
otherwise the 2015 election will not be total. So, if you want their blessing,
you employ them to help you, talk to them like brothers, but if anybody has
succeeded in intimidating someone to do what he likes, I don’t think Governor’s
Forum is the one that can be intimidated to do what game they want them to
play. So it is through negotiation. Nigeria has developed a language called
dialogue. So they should dialogue with the governors.”
on: “The President should be the arbiter; he should call the two warring
factions together and settle them. So I expect and appeal to the President to
settle them. He should not allow the governors to break up into factions;
otherwise the 2015 election will not be total. So, if you want their blessing,
you employ them to help you, talk to them like brothers, but if anybody has
succeeded in intimidating someone to do what he likes, I don’t think Governor’s
Forum is the one that can be intimidated to do what game they want them to
play. So it is through negotiation. Nigeria has developed a language called
dialogue. So they should dialogue with the governors.”
Source: The Nation
