Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Sunday reacted to the feud between the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole’s and some aggrieved governors after the recently concluded controversial primaries held across the country.
He said some governors were opposed to Oshiomhole because of the change the chairman was introducing to the party.
“What Oshiomhole is doing is to institute a regime of change where nobody is above the law,” he said.
Obaseki, who spoke in Benin City at the Church of God Mission during a thanksgiving service to mark his second year in office, did not name any governor, but Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun and Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha have been locked in a bitter row with Oshiomhole over the party’s primaries.
Many Nigerians under the Buhari-led administration are now afraid to commit crimes because of the repercussion, Obaseki said.
The governor said Nigerians would soon begin to feel the impact of “the fundamental changes” President Buhari was making.
“Some of the fundamental changes started by Buhari/ Osinbajo will manifest shortly. For the first time people are now afraid to do wrong,” he said.
Speaking on his style, Obaseki said instead of dashing people money he would rather invest massively in infrastructure. The governor said he would also support people to grow their businesses.
He said his administration had commenced the training of 4,000 youths to boost security in the state, adding that a new security architecture would soon be unveiled.
He said: “One key element is that whatever we do must affect the people. We are stretching our limited resources to work for the people. We will spend money to work for the people.”
Recall that Oshiomhole has been at loggerheads with Okorocha, who is pushing for his son in-law to be the party’s governorship candidate.
Amosun is also not pleased that his candidate for the party’s ticket did not get the prize.
Oshiomhole said he would not help Okorocha to build a political dynasty. He pdescribed Amosun as an “emperor” for initially choosing candidates for various offices in disrespect to the primaries supervised by the National Working Committee (NWC).
