2023: Oshiomole Reveals The Chance Of APC, Speaks On Opposition’s Failure

Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole has revealed the chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming 2023 election.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Oshiomole, a former National Chairman of the APC said his party is ahead of the opposition.

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Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Oshiomole said the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is battling troubles which is an indication of victory for APC.

He said that the APC’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has a winning spirit that set him above other candidates.

The former party chairman stated that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has offended his strongholds, including governors of his party.

Oshiomole mentioned that major governors are backing out of Atiku’s bid as PDP is now left with about seven governors who are with Atiku in his campaign.

In his words, “You now have the G-5 Governors who said the understanding we reached in Asaba voluntarily both by PDP and APC governors, they stand by that agreement, namely that leaders must have character and that if you are not yet President and you are not obeying agreement, and Nigerians are talking of national unity, you disobeyed the provision of your party constitution which talks about rotation in order to service that unity.”

“You can go to some parts of the country and say don’t vote for Igbo, don’t vote for Yoruba, those are very damaging statements.

“It would have been better if you say don’t vote for Obi, don’t vote for Tinubu, that is fine. You talk to their persons. But when you talk about race, don’t vote for Igbo man, so if he’s Igbo, no matter how good, he’s a bad man in his eyes. If he’s Yoruba, no matter how good, he’s a bad man in his eyes. At a time when we need national unity?

“We have 23 (governors). Now, if you add 23 to five, I’m not saying the five are with us, but we have 23 with five, I guess that’s 28. If you subtract 28 from 36, it means only eight governors, in fact, seven, because the other one in APGA is not there.”

“So, while he has seven governors working for him, we have 23 working for us and we have five who are neutral. You know when you are voting, when I was in ILO, you vote for, against or you abstain. Abstinence is as good as voting against.”

“So, however you look at it, our campaign is going smoothly and the message is very clear. It’s very clear, it cannot be better.”

Oshiomole applauded the campaign outing of the APC in Owerri which he described as a show of unity.

“You saw us yesterday in Owerri. For me, that was perhaps one of the best outings we’ve had. You listened to our candidate. You listened to those who spoke in Owerri.

“Some of them offered to contribute towards the campaign because their concerns have been addressed by the APC candidate, because election is about interest, whoever will address your interests, not religious sentiment, not ethnic sentiment, because hunger does not have religious affiliation,” Oshiomole said.

He further stressed that the government is about providing assets and Tinubu has all it takes.

“Unemployment, do they have religious affiliation? Whoever will address your concerns, if you are a trader, whoever would make sure that the ports work more efficiently, you don’t have to pay toll to all kinds of people, that is the kind of person you want.