HOW AIRHIAVBERE, ODUBU, OTHERS QUASHED OBAHIAGBON'S SENATORIAL AMBITION
By Sylvester Ibhane
The news of how some APC leaders especially former governorship aspirants in the 2016 election in Edo South denied Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon an opportunity to be at the Nigerian Senate is beginning to emerge.
Reliable information from party members faithful to Oshiomhole and Obaseki indicates organized sabotage. Journalists on election duty in parts of Edo South have corroborated claims by some party faithfuls that across the district, loyalists of former governorship aspirants worked against the party's interest.
It is only a matter of concern that the governor of Edo State gets an authentic report from the State Security Architecture or the Department of State Service, where necessary, testimonies from party faithfuls to help separate the wolves from the sheep in the party.
It is an open secret that in Oredo local government, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd.) invited PDP mobilizers to his house, handed them logistics meant for APC with a simple instruction to deliver all possible Polling Units for the PDP.
The helpless APC faithfuls had no choice than to give way for the combine force of PDP, Airhiavbere and aggrieved ex-revenue collectors who vowed to disgrace the governor in his own local government area for changing the status quo.
Dr. Pius Odubu a former Deputy Governor of the state who was appointed Director of Logistics of the Presidential Campaign Council for the purpose of pacifying him to forget his loss at the 2016 Governorship Primary actually dealt the decisive blow on APC following his wide network of loyalists across the Senatorial District.
In Orhionmwon where Odubu hails from, the former Chairman of APC in the local government and leader of Odubu's political structure Chief Matthew Ehigie delivered his Ugboko Ward Polling Unit to the PDP with a margin of over 250 votes. It was the same with Odubu's Private Principal Secretary Mr Felix Obamwonyi who openly fought with the APC leader Chief Roland Ibierutomwen to deliver his Ugbeka Ward Polling Unit for the PDP.
It would have been the same in Evboesi Ward where Princess Elizabeth Iduoze a female confidant of Odubu who was earlier demoted as leader of APC in the Ward for sabotage in 2016 was frustrated by the political machinery of the Council Chairman who is from that Ward. Iduoze who openly campaigned for PDP prior to the election using the Deputy Governor's Hilux Van have been long under check, hence her anti party efforts was neutralized.
The case of Ugu Ward where a close ally of Odubu and former State Publicity Secretary of the APC Comrade Godwin Erhahon took the PDP House of Assembly Candidate for Orhionmwon South Constituency around the communities in Ugu Ward is public knowledge. He has openly instructed voters in his community to vote President Mohammadu Buhari and reject APC Senatorial and House of Representatives Candidates, but his efforts was rubbished by other party faithfuls.
The chief orchestrator of Edo South sabotage in APC Dr. Pius Odubu, with a different strategy from the one he applied in 2016, won 1 out of the 3 units in his Orhomehe Village for APC and canceled most of the votes out in the other 2 Polling Units by giving PDP victory, but for the help of one Osawole a former leader of PDP who defected to APC recently, other villages were won to deliver the Ward which Odubu is desperately moving to take glory of because PMB is victorious.
The most shameful of all is that of the former Director General of Odubu Governorship Campaign Organization and former House of Representatives Member who currently serves as an Executive Director in NIGCOMSAT Barr. Samson Osagie. How could a man fight his boss because of his inability to forgive perceived wrongs by a particular Candidate of the party.
Samson Osagie is reported to have fought openly with the Vice Chairman of Uhunmwode local government council who happens to be from the same Ward, in his bid to deliver the Ward for PDP. While he won his unit for APC in fear of possible outcome of the elections, he relentlessly engaged Hon. Iyayi in other units, but for the influence of Late Efionayi Iyayi, he was disgraced. Now, he wants to claim the glory he resisted.
Investigate the sabotage, only then you will realize that Oredo, Orhionmwon, Uhunmwode, Ovia, Ikpoba-Okha and Egor would have produced more votes which was supposed to be a plus for APC and a minus for PDP to send Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon to the Nigeria 9th Senate from 2019 – 2023. This would have won Edo for President Mohammadu Buhari too.
So, in investigating why Buhari and some other APC Candidates lost in Edo South, be sure that I have told you that we lost to sabotage by Airhiavbere, Odubu, Osagie and others time and thorough investigation will expose.
Many may want to argue the facts presented here to protect their interest, but I am sure everything far more than I know and wrote here will be unveiled shortly by the party except the APC has taken the voyage of gradual extinction in Edo State with maximum conviction in the 2020 governorship election.
The news of how some APC leaders especially former governorship aspirants in the 2016 election in Edo South denied Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon an opportunity to be at the Nigerian Senate is beginning to emerge.
Reliable information from party members faithful to Oshiomhole and Obaseki indicates organized sabotage. Journalists on election duty in parts of Edo South have corroborated claims by some party faithfuls that across the district, loyalists of former governorship aspirants worked against the party's interest.
It is only a matter of concern that the governor of Edo State gets an authentic report from the State Security Architecture or the Department of State Service, where necessary, testimonies from party faithfuls to help separate the wolves from the sheep in the party.
It is an open secret that in Oredo local government, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd.) invited PDP mobilizers to his house, handed them logistics meant for APC with a simple instruction to deliver all possible Polling Units for the PDP.
The helpless APC faithfuls had no choice than to give way for the combine force of PDP, Airhiavbere and aggrieved ex-revenue collectors who vowed to disgrace the governor in his own local government area for changing the status quo.
Dr. Pius Odubu a former Deputy Governor of the state who was appointed Director of Logistics of the Presidential Campaign Council for the purpose of pacifying him to forget his loss at the 2016 Governorship Primary actually dealt the decisive blow on APC following his wide network of loyalists across the Senatorial District.
In Orhionmwon where Odubu hails from, the former Chairman of APC in the local government and leader of Odubu's political structure Chief Matthew Ehigie delivered his Ugboko Ward Polling Unit to the PDP with a margin of over 250 votes. It was the same with Odubu's Private Principal Secretary Mr Felix Obamwonyi who openly fought with the APC leader Chief Roland Ibierutomwen to deliver his Ugbeka Ward Polling Unit for the PDP.
It would have been the same in Evboesi Ward where Princess Elizabeth Iduoze a female confidant of Odubu who was earlier demoted as leader of APC in the Ward for sabotage in 2016 was frustrated by the political machinery of the Council Chairman who is from that Ward. Iduoze who openly campaigned for PDP prior to the election using the Deputy Governor's Hilux Van have been long under check, hence her anti party efforts was neutralized.
The case of Ugu Ward where a close ally of Odubu and former State Publicity Secretary of the APC Comrade Godwin Erhahon took the PDP House of Assembly Candidate for Orhionmwon South Constituency around the communities in Ugu Ward is public knowledge. He has openly instructed voters in his community to vote President Mohammadu Buhari and reject APC Senatorial and House of Representatives Candidates, but his efforts was rubbished by other party faithfuls.
The chief orchestrator of Edo South sabotage in APC Dr. Pius Odubu, with a different strategy from the one he applied in 2016, won 1 out of the 3 units in his Orhomehe Village for APC and canceled most of the votes out in the other 2 Polling Units by giving PDP victory, but for the help of one Osawole a former leader of PDP who defected to APC recently, other villages were won to deliver the Ward which Odubu is desperately moving to take glory of because PMB is victorious.
The most shameful of all is that of the former Director General of Odubu Governorship Campaign Organization and former House of Representatives Member who currently serves as an Executive Director in NIGCOMSAT Barr. Samson Osagie. How could a man fight his boss because of his inability to forgive perceived wrongs by a particular Candidate of the party.
Samson Osagie is reported to have fought openly with the Vice Chairman of Uhunmwode local government council who happens to be from the same Ward, in his bid to deliver the Ward for PDP. While he won his unit for APC in fear of possible outcome of the elections, he relentlessly engaged Hon. Iyayi in other units, but for the influence of Late Efionayi Iyayi, he was disgraced. Now, he wants to claim the glory he resisted.
Investigate the sabotage, only then you will realize that Oredo, Orhionmwon, Uhunmwode, Ovia, Ikpoba-Okha and Egor would have produced more votes which was supposed to be a plus for APC and a minus for PDP to send Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon to the Nigeria 9th Senate from 2019 – 2023. This would have won Edo for President Mohammadu Buhari too.
So, in investigating why Buhari and some other APC Candidates lost in Edo South, be sure that I have told you that we lost to sabotage by Airhiavbere, Odubu, Osagie and others time and thorough investigation will expose.
Many may want to argue the facts presented here to protect their interest, but I am sure everything far more than I know and wrote here will be unveiled shortly by the party except the APC has taken the voyage of gradual extinction in Edo State with maximum conviction in the 2020 governorship election.
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