Omon- Irabor was reacting to a recent report that there was tension in the state chapter of the APC, following the governor’s alleged support for Mr. Godwin Obaseki, an aspirant in the governorship race.
The Warri activist and legal practitioner, who spoke in Benin, yesterday, while receiving an award from a non-governmental organization, The Achievers, said: “I hope Governor Oshiomhole was not quoted right when he said that all those who are aspirants to the governorship ticket on the platform of APC should go home because he had given it to Godwin Obaseki. If what the paper reported is true, then they are looking for trouble that they cannot carry.
“They should be prepared for war because this is democracy where one man cannot dictate to others. If it is true that Aliko Dangote has already told the governor of his interest in the Edo State governorship race, let me tell them that they cannot buy over the state.
“Let me warn the governor to learn from Delta State where a former governor tried to impose a governorship candidate on the state. Not only did he lose the governorship, he lost the senatorial ticket too. If we repeat that here, there will be no election, we will be in court, in the streets and we will fight to the last man.”
However, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, while presenting the state’s 2016 budget to the House of Assembly on Monday dismissed the report on the alleged tension in the state saying that the state was the most peaceful in the geo-political zone.
A statement by a Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media, said, “The reported heightened tension in the state over alleged endorsement of a governorship aspirant in the 2016 election cannot cause tension in the state or in the APC.
“Where is the tension in the party? What are the indicators of the reported heightened tension? Who is tensed up in the party? What type of tension? You see, let’s be careful what we report so as not to plunge this state or this country into another avoidable crisis.”
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