Rein in Oshiomhole, Okorocha urges President

IMO State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole to order over what he called “his culture of rascality.”

He was reacting to a report credited to Oshiohmole in which the party chair berated Okorocha and his Ogun State counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun for encouraging their supporters to pursue their political ambitions in other political parties.

Oshiomhole said both governors were “behaving like poor students of their own history”, reminding them  they had lost elections before winning on the platform of the APC.

The Imo governor advised Oshiomhole to emulate President Buhari, who he said had never used any foul language on any Nigerian leader, both present and past.

His Chief Press Secretary Sam Onwuemeodo said in a statement: “We won’t take the pain to begin to talk about all the abuses and media attack on Governor Rochas Okorocha and some other governors of APC extraction by the National Chairman of the Party, Adams Oshiomhole but to humbly plead with President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the leader of the party, to call Oshiomhole to order.

“The party’s national chairman has, in less than six months, enthroned the culture of rascality in the party and the development is not good for the party. APC is not known for rascality and abuses. And the earlier he is called to order the better for the party.

“Since Muhammadu Buhari became President, he has never used any foul language on any Nigerian, low or high, and that is the best way to go. And Oshiomhole should borrow a leaf from Mr. President.

“One of the reasons the PDP lost in 2015 was the abuses the handlers of the party then were heaping on the APC presidential candidate then, and the President today, Muhammadu Buhari. Oshiomhole should be advised not to tow the 2015 PDP line.

“Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is the former President of the country. And no matter the provocation or his political activities this time, Oshiomhole should have considered his status as the former President of the country in talking about him, and should have exercised caution in addressing him. Saying that God would punish the former President was never advisable. This should not be the language of APC.

“APC does not belong to Oshiomhole. He should therefore be advised to carefully select his words when he is talking about certain categories of Nigerians. And he should also find out why he is the only one talking about APC and no other member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party is doing so.

“Oshiomhole should help the party and its candidates by making his points without abusing people. The way Oshiomhole is talking has become nauseating to most Nigerians and the earlier he is called to order, the better.

“He should be talking about the achievements of President Buhari and APC as a party instead of using the opportunities he would have used to do that, to be insulting people.

“To say the least, few weeks to the elections, APC and its candidates do not need Oshiomhole’s abuses or insults but the reasons Nigerians should re-elect President Buhari and elect APC candidates.”