Edo APC rally: l stayed away on my own volition - Oshiomhole

Edo APC rally: l stayed away on my own volition - Oshiomhole

- Oshiomhole has explained why he stayed away from APC rally in Edo

- The APC had planned to hold a rally in the state on Friday, December 13, before the governor banned it

- Supporters of Ize-Iyamu, however, held the rally in his house without Oshiomhole in attendance

Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has revealed why he did not attend the rally organised to receive Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state into the party.

Vanguard reports that the former governor of Edo said that he stayed away from the rally held in the state on Friday, December 13, on his own volition.

Legit.ng gathered that Oshiomhole explained that he did not want the enemies of the party to take advantage of the situation to cause mayhem in the state.

It would be recalled that the party had planned to use the field of a private school in the city, Garrick memorial college for the rally to welcome lze lyamu, but the government banned political rallies in the state and warned that any private school that flouted the ban would have its certificate of occupancy revoked.

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Edo APC rally: l stayed away on my own volition - Oshiomhole
The APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, also directed the Edo police command to ensure that the rally did not hold, owing to pockets of the demonstration by some youths on Thursday, December 12, in Benin against the event.

The organisers of the event, however, shifted it to the GRA Benin residence of Ize Iyamu and the event held amid singing and dancing by his supporters from the 18 local government areas of the state.

Oshiomhole who arrived Benin on Thursday, December 12, for the rally, stayed away, adding that he didn’t want those opposed to the rally to capitalise on his presence to cause mayhem.

He said he stayed away on his own volition.

The state government, through Crusoe Osagie, the media adviser to Governor Obaseki, said in a press statement that the rally flopped and that Oshiomhole was placed under arrest.

But Oshiomhole said it was clear that those opposed to the rally planned to cause mayhem and then blame it on him.

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“To forestall their evil plan, the event was moved to Ize Iyamu’s residence and l stayed away. It held peacefully. The huge crowd at the event attests to its success,” Oshiomhole said.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Oshiomhole claimed that Governor Godwin Obaseki indicated unreadiness and unwilling to begin moves that would resolve the crisis ravaging the party in Edo.

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It was reported that Oshiomhole said that Obaseki had absented himself from crucial meetings organised to address controversial issues in the state's chapter of the party.

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