The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday asked Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, to stop threatening the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Describing the threat as preposterous, the party said Oshiomhole is nervous and unsettled by the PDP’s moving train, which it said will uproot the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the state.
In a statement issued by its caretaker committee spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the party asked how it became the governor’s duty to dictate to the EFCC, wondering when Oshiomhole become an operative of the anti-corruption agency.
The statement said, “We have observed in recent times the utterances of the Governor of Edo State during the APC’s gubernatorial campaigns ahead of the September 10, 2016 election in the state.
“We wish to remind the Governor that he should maintain the sanctity of his office as an executive Governor of the state instead of directing the EFCC on who to arrest or prosecute.”
The PDP further stated that Governor Oshiomhole’s threat confirmed the belief and the opinion of perceptible Nigerians that the anti-corruption war of the present administration is nothing but a partisan political agenda to intimidate, suppress and silence the PDP.
“Governor Adams Oshiomhole is desperate to hang on to power through his imposed stooge, despite the fact that he has lost the trust and confidence of the people of Edo State,” the statement added.
The party lampooned what it described as the despicable and uncouth language deployed by the governor against the person of Pastor Ize-Iyamu, which it said, was clearly unbecoming of the holder of the high office of Governor of a state.
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