The immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, last weekend, at the mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin-City, reminded the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of what to expect ahead of the 2019 general elections, following the defection of over ten thousand supporters of the PDP across the 18 local government areas of the state into the APC.
The defectors were led by a former governorship aspirant of the PDP, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, and the member representing Egor/Ikpoba Okhai Federal Constituency of the state in the House of Representatives, Hon. Johnson Agbonayinma. Oshiomhole, who is the state leader of the APC, displayed his usual dance steps in political rallies at the event.
Oshiomhole, who stressed the electoral value of the defectors, said, ¨I know that the PDP leaders will not sleep today. APC represents the forces of life. The Bible said he or she who dies in sin will never resurrect. I said it before, PDP died in sin and it cannot resurrect”.
He continued, “That is why when I read sponsored write ups, I say that, even in our confusion, our imperfection, our moment of deep reflection, there can be no argument that there is no bringing back the armed robbers of yesteryears.
"No man or woman will allow thieves come to his house. PDP cannot come back in 2019. Nigerians are not fools; they will not be swayed by hired writers. If not for our President today, there would have been no Nigeria. The money voted for the police, they put it in their pockets.
"The money earmarked to fight Boko Haram, they put in their pockets. They money voted for security, they used to secure their pockets. All of a sudden, if you produced two barrels of crude, one barrel was missing. I want to assure you, we are building a party that is founded on the principle of social democracy. The whole idea is to transfer power to the people and remember, in 2006, we started with the slogan, ‘Let the people lead’. And once the people began to lead, the godfathers began to collapse.
"How can the elephant’s leg be missing in a pot of soup they did not take into the kitchen? When the time comes, we will reopen yesteryears to be able to appreciate today so that we can see where we are going to tomorrow.
"I want to assure you that with what the governor is doing in Edo, sustaining the tradition of infrastructural development, to attract investors to the state, we are on the right path”.
