A former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh has revealed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, lost what it was fighting for when the Governor Obaseki decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with the State’s purse and his entire political structure following the fight between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole.
Momoh, who is a chieftain of the APC, noted that the fight
also crippled “the two elephants” in the sense that Obaseki lost the leadership
of the APC while Oshiomhole was sacked as the National Chairman of the party.
He noted that before Obaseki left the APC there was no hope
for the PDP winning the election, adding that “I said Edo would be swept by APC
and I still want the APC to sweep the votes in the state, [because] I became
more confident when Ize-Iyamu joined us in APC ”
The politician said, however, that he “became not
comfortable when Obaseki left for PDP. I said, Obaseki leaving is not going to
be a tea party for us in APC [because] most importantly, he left with our
purse.”
He said all the money going to Edo State goes to Obaseki and
the Governor left with that money and will no longer fund the APC but will now
fund the PDP, “So, see what we have lost,” he lamented, as quoted by the Sun..
“I still say when two elephants fight, the grass suffers,
and that is what will happen anywhere in the country. Everywhere two elephants
fight the grass suffers,” Momoh added.
“The grass in Edo State suffered because APC in Edo was
factionalised into Obaseki-Shaibu Movement and Edo People Movement.
“One operating under the umbrella of Obaseki, while the
other under the umbrella of Oshiomhole.
“I said, the laurel why these two elephants are fighting
might be lost. Edo is now a PDP state because the governor has moved over to
PDP.
“So, we have lost what we were fighting for. Looking at it
now, the two elephants were crippled – Obaseki ceased to be leader of APC in
Edo, that is crippling and Oshiomhole has ceased to be the national chairman of
the party, that is crippling,” added.
He noted that the PDP Governors in South-South are the
biggest earners from the federation account and will participate financially to
ensure that Obaseki wins.
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