The Benue state government in a statement has stated that the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has no right to call anyone corrupt.
This is coming after the former Edo state governor reacted to the defection of Benue’s governor, Samuel Ortom from APC to PDP.
The statement, penned by the Chief Press Secretary to the state government, Mr Terver Akase, read in part, “Oshiomhole does not possess the moral credentials to accuse other leaders of corruption,”
The statement noted that Oshiomhole was two-faced, praising Ortom on July 19th and then turning on him just days after.
“We were, however, shocked when a few days later, after Ortom’s defection from APC, we read Comrade Oshiomhole making a 180 degrees turn to launch verbal attacks on the governor,” the statement said.
“The APC National Chairman’s sudden aggression toward Governor Ortom has revealed among other things, the true oppressive intentions of the ruling party APC against Nigerians”.
The statement also accused Oshiomhole of trying to throw Benue into political crisis ahead of the 2019 elections.
“Comrade Oshiomhole ought to be telling Nigerians why they should vote for APC next year instead of embarking on a voyage of attacks on perceived opponents. His unprovoked attack on Governor Ortom and other members of the opposition has not translated to a single vote for the APC,” he said
“A man of supposed high political stature like Oshiomhole should rather be out to court the sympathy of the very few key actors still left in the APC even in the face of unprecedented frustration by anomalies in the party instead of launching laughable verbal assaults on those who can no longer stand the strange happenings within the party.”
“Governor Ortom won’t let APC’s latter-day media attacks distract his administration from providing good governance to the people as he has been doing,
“Though the Benue State Governor has left the APC, he appreciates the leadership and members of the party fro recognising and appropriately praising him for his laudable achievements.”