Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, claims that national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has plotted to destabilize his administration.
Obaseki said the plot was to sponsor protest across the state targeted at maligning and undermining the state government.
This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s special adviser on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie.
The statement read: “This, we believe, is part of Comrade Oshiomhole’s grand plan to make the state seem ungovernable so that he would only achieve his ambition of forcing the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Edo but also cause chaos and civil unrest.
“We again call on the presidency, the Inspector General of Police and the National Security Adviser to rein in Comrade Oshiomhole and stop him from continuing with his insidious intentions so as to safeguard law-abiding residents and indigenes of Edo State. We carry the egg and we don’t want the egg to be destroyed.”
Earlier, The Herald reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo state chapter accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of training militia groups to attack perceived political enemies in the state.
According to the party, the governor’s desperate search for a second term at all costs was responsible for the present violent atmosphere in Edo.
The state chapter in a Monday statement signed by its Secretary, Lawrence Okah, stated, “Recently, the state government sent people to bomb my residence. The same thing happened at the residence of Chief Inegbeneki.
“Obaseki has gone to recruit militia at Okada under the guise of security outfit. But today they have all been armed to kill APC leaders.
“When the National Chairman was in Benin to attend a burial, he sent thugs to the airport to stop him from entering the state. They went and blocked his residence with trailers belonging to Edo State Waste Management Board.
“Those who have observed the politics of Edo State over the years will certainly see the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki as one full of mischief when it accused Oshiomhole of perpetrating lawlessness in the state.
“Oshiomhole was governor for eight years in Edo State and at no time did we experience this sort of internal wrangling, maiming, mayhem, harassment and attacks against APC members in Edo State until the coming of Obaseki as governor.”