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....I'm ready for reconciliation, Oshiomhole begs, as leaders and stakeholders boycotts meeting...
Failure is an orphan and no one wants to be associated with one and this could best explain the outcome of the APC South South stakeholders meeting called by the embattled National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday as members, leaders and top APC chieftains shunned the parley much to the chagrin and disappointment of the National Chairman and his co-travellers in the EPM.
The meeting which held at the office of the National Chairman could best be described as a monumental flop as it saw the presence of political paperweights and rejected members of the renegade Edo Political Movement (EPM) who like beaten chickens drenched in the rain of political onslaught sneaked into the meeting and who were expecting to see a sea of heads were left disillusioned and crest fallen as the meeting which was supposed to be a zonal meeting of APC leaders was reduced to a gathering of EPM loyalists whose political future in Edo state stares at political oblivion.
Save the presence of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo Agege, notable leaders from the zone such as the Edo state Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, SSA to the President, Ita Enang, Senator Alimekhena, and State party chairmen from the zone were remarkably absent, leaving observers to ask probing questions on what would have made leaders shun the meeting.
With rejection staring him in the face, the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who had experienced similar rejection a few days earlier at the Progressive Governors' meeting in Jos, Plateau State had to eat the humble pie by pleading with the few persons present that he was ready for genuine reconciliation and make concessions in the interest of the party as regards the Edo state gubernatorial election next year which is contrary to his earlier hostile stance of being confrontational and unyielding much to the disappointment of the few EPM members present. In his own submission, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator James Ovie Omo Agege appealed to all members of the APC in the zone to forgive the National Chairman of the APC for his misdemeanors over the last few months and support him in his quest to reposition the party.
The reasons for the boycott of the zonal parley by leaders of the party from the zone might not be unconnected with the lingering crisis between the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki with regard to the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo state in 2020 and the absence of major zonal leaders of the party meant that the National Chairman failed to get the necessary vote of confidence from his zone which further heightens the pressure on him to step down as National Chairman of the party..
With this major setback suffered by the National Chairman of the APC, it means the days of the dictatorial rule of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the party are numbered as he battles to save his job.
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