A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Charles Idahosa on Monday said the party will be history in the state if the state governor, Godwin Obaseki is forced out of the party by 2020 governorship election.
Idahosa, who was a former political adviser to the former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole and now the national chairman of the party, made the remark at a press briefing in Benin City.
“If Obasski is forced to
leave APC, I will go with him, and the party will also die in the state naturally”, he said.
The former candidate of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) during the 2007 governorship election in the state, noted that those opposing the governor’s second term bid were not accusing him of non-performance but not dancing to their tune.
According to him, “The question we should ask ourselves is, is the man working? Nobody has accused him of non-performance. He has been paying salaries as and when due, infrastructural development, among others.”
While noting that winning the entire 24 seats during the last assembly election was the people’s referendum on the state governor’s popularity, he however, added that the only way to settle the political crisis in the state was for the warring factions to comply with the directives of the national leadership of the party.
“The way forward is that we should take a cue from the national leadership of the party. The party is supreme. The way forward is for everybody, both those in Benin and in Abuja, to take the decision of the party as final. The lawmakers should comply with the directive of the national leadership of the party,” he added.
He said, the template the national leadership of the party used in electing principal officers in the National Assembly, which has already been adopted by the state leadership of the party, should be respected.
“For the purpose of clarification, Oshiomhole as national chairman, called a meeting of all the members of the National Assembly on the platform of the party.
In a meeting with them zoning of leadership positions for the Senate and House of Representatives was announced zoning of leadership of the house.
