The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has warned recent defectors from the party to expect a serious humiliation at the 2019 polls.
The APC boss made this known while addressing party supporters at the Benin Airport on his way to Delta State on Friday.
The former Edo State Governor said that whether in Kwara, Benue or Sokoto, the party would in 2019 deploy the “labour tactics” that he used to uproot the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo.
Recall that the Governors of Kwara, Benue and Sokoto, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Samuel Ortom and Aminu Tambuwal respectively recently decamped from the APC to the PDP.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, who is the political godfather of Kwara politics, also recently decamped from the ruling APC to the main opposition PDP.
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But Oshiomhole said that the ongoing rumbles in the political space is beyond the APC and PDP but about the right of the Nigerian people to have access to their commonwealth.
The party chairman said, “We must engage and engage and pro-attack whether they call me attack dog. I will rather be an attack dog than be a mushroom eater. I asked you to understand that what is at stake is beyond the APC and the PDP. Nigeria is much more than the sum total of all the political parties.
“We will see who is who next year February. In Edo, they made this argument that politics is different from labour, we used labour tactics to humble them and they became converted. Exactly the same way we used it in Edo, we will use it either in Kwara, Benue or Sokoto or anywhere.
“Be fair in your reportage, this is not about me, it is not about them, it is about the Nigerian people. For those questioning my choice of style, I will not adopt the ruling class tactics to deal with a cankerworm of disease. I offer different style in order to get different outcome.”
He urged the Nigerian people to team up with President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC to “remove all those thieves” from continuing to plunder the resources of the nation.
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Oshiomhole said, “We must support the President and the APC to remove all those thieves, all those looters who believe it is their birthright to continue to loot; those who say that their purpose in government is for juicy contracts not for the welfare of the people.”
“At this point, I am very clear: we will have to fight odds on the basis of our conviction and we will adjust our style; we will not borrow other people’s style. I am very proud of my working class background and we will bring those values into the leadership and management of the All Progressives Congress.”
Addressing the supporters of the party in Edo State, Oshiomhole said, “I assure you that I will work together with our governor and ensure that any error, any concern that you have that they are addressed satisfactorily.
“And I want to assure you that the tradition of carrying our people along will be sustained; you represent what I call our infantry division, you are the ones on election day who ensured that our voters come out, you are the ones who ensured that the PDP rigging machine was defeated. We must keep you as a standing force, together we will march on and will ensure that everyone who works is looked after.”
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