Show Positive Comments Oshiomhole Made On You – PDP Mocks Ize-Iyamu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Edo State governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu to present any positive comments made on him by the immediate past chairman of his party, Adams Oshiomhole.

MERIDIAN SPY reported earlier, Ize-Iyamu said all the negative things Oshiomhole said about him in 2016 as a PDP candidate were not from his heart.

“He made those statements during the period I was on the other side and was contesting to be the state governor and he (Oshiomhole) was determined to prevent that. What do you expect? Were you expecting him to praise me at that time when he did not want me to be governor?,” he told The Punch.

“So, when you look at the context in which he said those things, you will understand that he was just playing politics and he needed to de-market me so that his candidate would have an advantage. And after the election, that was the end of it.”

But reacting in a series of tweets on Sunday, the PDP who tackled the APC governorship candidate to show positive comments made on him by the immediate past APC national chairman, said its challenge is predicated on, “the defeatist statement credited to Ize-Iyamu who, being mortally devastated by myriads of negative public commentaries on him by Oshiomhole, is now claiming that the former governor also made some fair remarks about him”.

The PDP shared a video of the former Edo State governor who was then a staunch supporter of the incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, publicly vilifying his now preferred governorship candidate Ize-Iyamu who also was then contesting the 2016 gubernatorial election in Edo under the platform of the main opposition party.

“It is already in the public domain that Oshiomhole, in his official capacity as governor of Edo state, declared and even swore before God and man that Ize-Iyamu is an impostor, a fake pastor, rusticated student, a career dropout, acid bath assailant, liar, treasury looter; an incompetent and questionable character, who is only good for night meetings and not fit to be the governor of Edo state, among other damaging testimonials,” the opposition party further noted.

“Furthermore, Ize-Iyamu’s claims, that Oshiomhole did not speak from his heart when he went public on him, is completely defeatist as the former governor repeatedly stated that he bore full responsibility for the statements he made against the @OfficialAPCNg candidate.

“Our party notes that Ize-Iyamu is not pursuing any defamation case to disprove the former governor. Instead, he is claiming that Oshiomhole also made certain fair comments on him.

“The @OfficialPDPNig hereby challenges Ize Iyamu to make such positive comments by Oshiomhole public.

“Moreover, Ize-Iyamu must note that while he is seeking an unattainable cleansing in political purgatory, the people of Edo state have move on in their irrevocable decision to continue to develop their state under the leadership of @GovernorObaseki and nothing, not even the lies, propaganda, vindictiveness and selfish interests of @OfficialAPCNg and its leaders can change the course of victory for @GovernorObaseki in the September election.”