The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has vowed never to succumb to intimidation from the Peoples Democratic Party and the Nigeria Police Force.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after attending the Council of State meeting, Oshiomhole, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, accused the PDP and the police of conspiring to destabilize the state for selfish, political reasons.
Oshiomhole also accused the four PDP legislators of refusing to obey court orders, even though they were the first to approach the court for protection.
His words: “You have some people who believe that because they are members of the PDP, that they are above the law and they want to celebrate the culture of impunity.
“But I am a product of struggle all my life.
“I’m used to people who think that they are much more than what they are.
“And my own life history tells me that only the man on the side of truth is on the side of God and only that could survive.”
While noting that the lawmakers chose to obey the court orders that favoured them, the governor however boasted that APC would continue to win future elections in the state.
Oshiomhole spoke further: “One thing is that election is coming 2015 and we have defeated PDP consistently since 2009 that I assumed office.
“Every bye election they lost.
“The last National Assembly election, we defeated them in the whole of Edo South, which is about 51 per cent of the population.
“We defeated them in Edo North, which is about 33 per cent of the population.
“We defeated them in Edo Central, which accounts for about 17 per cent of the population.
“In my own election, in all that they boasted that they were going to do, I defeated them in all the 18 local government areas, including the local government of the PDP godfather.
“And so what they are trying to do now is that having lost the election, having been rejected by the Edo people and knowing that another election is coming, they want to destablise the state, intimidate my person.
“And as you read one Methusella or Olisa Metuh or by whatever name he is called, he was reported as saying that I am destabilising Edo State because I want to contest for vice presidency.
“Now that is standing logic upside down.
“If I want to contest the vice presidency, do I need to destablise the government that I currently head?
“So, they have let out the cat.
“Meaning that they are afraid for their own rumoured ambition that I want to contest vice presidency.
“So the point I want to make is that if I decide even to contest for the presidency, PDP cannot intimidate me.
“I have a right to do so if it is my conviction.
“It is unfortunate that some people want to put their individual interest above national interest and I cannot be intimidated.
“I’m firmly on ground and there is nothing to worry about.”
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