…As Oshiomhole’s Mother Sends State’s Emissaries Away
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has made no pretence about the feud between him and the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki as he rejected the Christmas gifts sent to him by the Edo State government.
Crusoe Osage, the Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Wednesday.
Osagie said the conventional Christmas presents reserved for former governors of the state that were sent to Oshiomhole were turned back.
He said that messengers from the state government were dispatched to deliver the gifts on Christmas eve.
“The messengers said they met the mother of the former governor who rejected the items, stating that her son would not accept the gifts.
“The gift items meant for Comrade Oshiomhole include four cows and ten bags of rice.”
He said the distribution of Christmas gifts was an annual ritual by the state government which serves as an expression of love, further strengthening the ties between the government and the people.
He said the gifts were distributed to other government functionaries, political appointees, heads of security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders and heads of institutions of higher learning, among other prominent people in the society.
Osagie said Obaseki and Comrade Oshiomhole had been locked in a political tussle over the governor’s policy choices.
He added that the governor had set the political rift aside to perform the ritual of sending the gifts to Comrade Oshiomhole.
This latest development signals that the lingering crisis between the duo could have reached its tipping point as both parties continue to slog it out, attempting to fully control the APC structure in the state ahead of the 2020 gubernatorial election in the state, a situation that has continued to draw their supporters apart in recent months.
