Afam Ogene, a member of the House of Representatives, has described a recent remark by Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo North, against Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), as “fallacy”.
In an interview on Seun Okinbaloye’s podcast, Oshiomhole
said Edo was safer when he was governor than Anambra was during Obi’s
administration.
The senator was the governor of Edo from 2008 to 2016, while
Obi governed Anambra between 2006 and 2014 before handing over to Willie
Obiano.
In a statement issued on Monday, Ogene, who is the leader of
the NDC caucus in the House of Representatives, said Oshiomhole’s comments are
“brazen falsehood and deliberate misinformation”.
“Senator Oshiomhole’s revisionist attempt to rewrite history
is both laughable and insulting to Nigerians who know the facts. The data on
security under Obi’s tenure in Anambra remains public record, and no amount of
political grandstanding can erase it,” Ogene said.
“Oshiomhole has now officially joined the growing league of
self-appointed press secretaries to President Tinubu. His trademark
loquaciousness routinely puts him at odds with his own colleagues in the
Senate, and he invariably ends up issuing humiliating apologies.
“For the record: the Bakassi Boys operated under the
four-year administration of the late Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Yet, in his haste
to smear Obi, Oshiomhole conveniently erased Dr Chris Ngige’s three-year tenure
before Obi’s assumption of office in 2006.
“Not done with his comedy of fallacies, Oshiomhole went
further to claim that the demolition of kidnappers’ dens began under former
Governor Obiano. False. That deterrence policy was introduced and executed by
Obi.
“It is pitiable that a man who governed Edo State during
Obi’s tenure would be so consumed by envy that he deliberately forgets basic
facts. This is the same Oshiomhole who, while Obi was bringing civility and due
process to governance in Anambra, was busy demolishing the houses of political
opponents in Edo.
“Despite several security-related awards garned by Obi as
governor, Oshiomhole’s desperate revisionism collapses under the weight of
verifiable testimony.
“The unprovoked and coordinated attacks on Mr Peter Obi’s
person and political aspiration by hirelings across both the ruling party and
the opposition are unprecedented. They point to only one thing: Obi is the real
issue in the conversation for the 2027 general elections.
“Yet, Obi has committed no crime by aspiring to lead. He has
not barred anyone from contesting for the presidency. So it is both strange and
uncharitable that many now want him muscled out of the race out of sheer
jealousy and palpable fear of his rising popularity.”
Ogene, who represents Ogbaru federal constituency of
Anambra, said no “sponsored smear campaigns” will stop Obi from running for
president in the 2027 elections.
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