Spokesman of the group, Hon. Washington Osa Osifo, representing Uhunmwode State Constituency said it was time the president rein in the governor.
Fourteen members-elect of the Edo state House of Assembly have asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his promise of resolving the
legislative impasse in the state, saying the time to act is now as the
state Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has crossed the red line and now a
threat to democracy.
The assembly members who are opposed to the governor’s inauguration of
10 out of the 24-member legislature said Mr Obaseki cannot continue to
carry work against the party and the symbol of democracy, the
legislature, without being sanctioned.
Spokesman of the group, Hon. Washington Osa Osifo, representing
Uhunmwode State Constituency said it was time the president rein in the
governor.
“We want to thank the President for the job he is doing for Nigerians.
One thing that counts well for him as a man of integrity is that he has
the courage to fight corruption.
“Corruption comes in many ways because when you brazenly stand on the
head of democracy, that is the greatest form of corruption because it
opens the window for people to do the wrong thing, just as it is in Edo
where funds are wrongly deployed to fighting a cause that is needless
just to realize a second term ambition.
“We want to call on him and also to remind him that this party promised
change to the people. We came on the mantra of change and so in all that
we do, we must have the consciousness that people are watching.
“How can it be said that an APC state is embarrassing the nation like
this? It is not the intention of Mr President to run a government like
this.
“Mr President we call on you to remember that you sent a message to the
Edo parliament, yet to be inaugurated when our brothers in Bauchi
visited you some months ago, you told them that the reason why they were
inaugurated was to defend the laws and Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
“That to subscribe to illegality would be a very wrong thing to do and
through them you sent us a message that they should be men of honour.
“You sent another message to us that immediately your cabinet is
inaugurated, the first assignment for your Attorney General and Minister
of Justice will be to look at the situation in Bauchi and Edo States
with a view to resolving them. In your words, you said ‘I will summon
the IGP to see to it that these wrongs are made right.
“The issue is that this madness in Edo must be corrected”.
“Obaseki, the governor of Edo state has done manifest injustice to
democracy. Obaseki has orchestrated something that is bringing actions
that are alien to the people. We can imagine how the whole nation sees
Edo.
“Today, everyone sees Edo state through the eyes of its head as if that
is who we are. We are sorry, we apologise because that is not who we
are.
“What is happening today is the quest for ambition that has been taken
too far. In the words of Mr President, they have crossed the red line,
but crossing the red line is one thing to say but not doing anything to
stop or stem that tide is even more dangerous than crossing the red
line.
“They have done manifest injustice and untold harm on members of the
APC, the same party that we all belong to. By the instruction of Mr
Governor, he has given such mandate to the 18 local government Chairmen
to do bodily harm to anyone who has opposing views towards his ambition.
“What is the definition of anarchy? If you need that definition, just go
to Edo state as it is today and you will not need a further definition.
That is anarchy in practice.
“For us, on behalf of the Edo people, we can summarize it this way, that
Obaseki is guilty of maladministration as a Governor, insubordination
as a party member”, they added.
The lawmakers reminded the National Assembly of its resolution asking
the governor to issue a proclamation for the inauguration of the
Assembly, saying if they abdicate their rights, nothing will go right in
this country.
“As for the National Assembly NASS, we want to commend them and also
urge them to do what is right because they are the first in the
lawmaking body and perhaps the tallest in governance.
“Therefore, if they abdicate their rights, nothing will go well in this
country. Gov. Obaseki and his aides boasted that nothing will come out
of the National Assembly investigation and now we are thinking, is that
boast coming to fruition?
“We have our doubts because we believe in the National Assembly that
they are men and women of integrity and our prayer for them is that may
their words never come to nullity because it is better not to make any
judgment than to make one that will be rendered useless or not be
obeyed.
“As for the NWC of our great party, we want to thank them and pledge our
loyalty to them and that we are grateful for the tickets they gave go
us to run. There is no independent candidature.
“We want to tell them that we are loyal and will never bring
embarrassment to the party because we are men of integrity but we want
to tell them that yes, justice is good.
“It can also be delayed, yes. But when it is delayed for too long, it
becomes manifest injustice. We want to call on them to look at the laws
and the Constitution that regulate the activities of the party and where
they need to use it, let them have the courage to use it”.
Source:- Vanguard
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