PDP TO OSHIOMHOLE: ‘Leave us alone, go face your corruption allegations’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to leave the opposition party alone.

It said Oshiomhole should redeem his name by submitting himself to the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer huge allegations of corruption as Edo State governor as well as alleged misconducts as APC chairman.

The party was reacting to Oshiomhole statement on Monday condemning the party for ordering a probe into how its lawmakers voted during the election of the principal officers of the 9th National Assembly in June.

In a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said Oshiomhole, who is battling his ouster calls by APC leaders over allegations of corruption and malfeasance in his handling of ruling party, was in no position to “cast aspersions or pontificate to the PDP on our lawful internal activities and relationship with our elected public officials.”

The statement read, “Instead of trying to launder his image by unnecessarily attacking the PDP, we advice Oshiomhole to redeem his name by submitting himself to the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer huge allegations of corruption as Edo state governor as well as alleged misconducts as APC Chairman.

“The PDP challenges Oshiomhole to speak out on the allegations that he fled the country at the wake of his reported interrogation by the DSS in 2018 over accusations of corruption.

“This is a leader who had accepted that his party and the government it formed are sanctuaries of corrupt persons, when he stated, at the APC campaign rally in Edo state last year, that “once you join the APC, your sins are forgiven”.

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“Moreover, instead of this fixation on the PDP, Oshiomhole already has his plate full with the crisis in his home state, Edo, where he is generally believed to be responsible for political tension by trying to force himself on the state governor, Governor Godwin Obaseki, as godfather.

“Oshiomhole needs to concentrate on the crisis rocking his party as well as the Presidency where the members of the cabal are at daggers drawn over the sharing of positions as “booty” of a rigged election.”

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