By Mike ALADENIKA.
Prominent chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo state branch have frowned at the actions of some people aimed at embarrassing prominent Edo State indigens at the just concluded National convention in Abuja.
These chieftains, in their separate press statements, said the unruly actions of the "sponsored thugs" purporttedly designed to embarrass the persons of the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and a "National figure" in the party who had served and still serving the party at national level in many committees and subcommittees, Senator Domingo Obende is unacceptable to all the right thinking members of the party in Edo state.
"We can not continue to disgrace ourselves under the guise of embarrassing individuals. The action of that day was a collateral disgrace for all of us, not to the individuals targeted".
The former Chief of Staff(COS) to Governor Godwin Obaseki and a House of Representatives aspirant for the Akoko-Edo federal constituency, Taiwo Akerele, while condemning the attack on the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and Senator Domingo Obende during weekend’s All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention over their alleged roles in the 2020 Edo State governorship which the party lost to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)
In a statement by Akerele titled ‘I am against selective justice’, he said he was against anti-party activities but insisted that it was wrong for the two to be singled out where there were several other party leaders particularly in Edo South Senatorial District where Ehanire comes from who were mobilized for the election yet lost, whereas the party won in five out of the six local government areas that make up Edo North senatorial district where Obende comes from.
“However, we must be very careful as a party in selecting some persons for humiliation over our defeat in the 2020 elections as this doesn’t resolve so many questions begging for answers in our party.
“The truth must prevail, the truth must be said and the truth is constant. APC in Edo should embark on comprehensive surgical self examination and get the issues right once and for all.”
Another chieftain, Bello Osaretin Elmikado in his statement said "Edo politicians should learn the better way of playing the political game of inclusiveness, the way our northern colleagues do."
"When you think, you are insulting others, you should know that you are indirectly insulting yourself.
Someone that has a national recognition like Sen Domingo Obende who was also the secretary to one of the convention organizing committee, Venue Committee to be specific was been maliciously attacked by some miscreants organized from Edo state APC to Abuja to start constituting nuisance, due to local dirty politics in the state, the orchestration of that shenanigans was reportedly planned by one Hon Akpatason because of the unwillingness of Sen Domingo to be part of his fourth term ambition, which is already comatose.
"Sen.Domingo Obende is an invictus, whose clout is beyond Edo state. He will always earned my respect and deserved an apology."
Meanwhile, SPARKNEWSNAIJA reliably gathered that there were soft moves from the camp of Hon Akpatason, who was alleged to have organised the unholy act in Abuja to apologise to Senator Domingo Obende for the embarrassment caused him.
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