A chieftain of the All Progressives Party (APC), Edo State, Mr John Mayaki has appealed to the Governor of Yobe State and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, to ignore the tirades of the former State Chairman, Mr Anselm Ojezua, saying he was a political double-dealer who could not be trusted.
Ojezua who was allegedly planted as a mole in the APC by Governor Godwin Obaseki when he defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had, last week, criticised the leadership of Yobe state Governor and members of his Caretaker and Extra Ordinary Congress Committee for allegedly failing to deliver on their mandate.
Ojezua, who was reacting to the decision by the APC National Executive Council (NEC) to dissolve the organs of the party last week said: “They are one year behind in trying to resolve the issues in the party, as far as I am concerned. They were given 6 months to carry out an assignment, what have they achieved in 6 months.”
“Their achievements in the first 6 months will give me the impression that they will do more in 6 months,” he said.
But Mayaki dismissed Ojezua’s diatribe against the national leadership of the APC saying, “Ojezua undermined the party in the state and the robust efforts and achivements of the Mai Mala Buni’s leadership. As a mole planted to destroy the party, he took the party to court while claiming leadership and running a parallel secretariat funded by Governor Godwin Obaseki of the opposition PDP to undermine the authority of the party and the instructions of President Muhammadu Biuhari.”
According to Mayaki, “Anselm Ojezua never supported the candidature of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the just concluded governorship election even when the party’s flag was handed to our candidate by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR and supported by the National leadership of the party; Anselm Ojezua continued his support for the candidate of the opposition party, an attempt to undermine the task of the Caretaker and Extra Ordinary Congress Committee.
“Rather than build, Anselm Ojezua invested resources, effort and energy to fragment the party. Rather than consolidate, Anselm Ojezua relentlessly weakened and undermined the arduous task of the Governor Mai-Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee.
“Evidently, on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020, during the swearing-in ceremony of a PDP chieftain as the Secretary to the State Government in Benin City, Anselm Ojezua, who paraded himself as Edo State APC Chairman, was seen in a group photograph as released by the opposition PDP-led government, in what signifies that ‘all wasn’t well’ with his own party and this has attracted negative reactions with a lot of party faithful disappointed in his political debauchery and systematic attempts to annihilate the APC and possibly fuse it into the PDP in the state.
“Your Excellency, Mr Governor, we believe in your leadership to not only reorganise and reposition the party but to also flush out the moles and saboteurs within us because they owe their allegiance to their paymasters in other political parties. We thank you for restoring orderliness in our dear party in Edo state by installing a purposeful leadership under Col. David Imuse (rtd) who’s already galvanising our members and developing a clear roadmap to strengthen the party.”
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