A chieftain of Edo State All Progres-sives Congress (APC) in Edo Central Senatorial District, Comrade Matthew Emhiohe, yesterday alerted to the division among party’s leaders.
The APC chieftain urged Governor Adams Oshiomhole to intervene to save the party from electoral defeat.
He hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fulfilling his promise of change with the repositioning of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Emhiohe urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be cautious in its criticisms.
He said: “My worry is that APC in Edo Central is severely divided. We are not as united as we were during those past elections. What I fear is going to kill us in the district is the division and disunity among leaders of the party. We have many factions; you cannot get a leader to call for a meeting where every other leader will attend.
“The only leader who can summon a meeting of APC leaders in Esan land is Governor Oshiomhole. But he is not an Esan man and cannot be an Esan leader.
“I saw former governor Oserheimen Osunbor as someone who can bring everybody together as a rallying point. But I understand he is nursing a governorship ambition.
“We need somebody in the calibre of Chief Tony Anenih. Any patriotic Esan man will be happy to have the next governor come from the district. But right now, it is not going to work because we need the kind of leadership that will lead us; we need a rallying point.
“Who is going to reach out to Edo North and South, to talk to our brothers and sisters there? We cannot even talk to ourselves for the people to listen.”
On Buhuri, he said: “The President is already doing all he promised Nigerians. Some people will say he is slow, but again, the man wants to take his time so that he does not make mistakes.
“The PDP will always say all kinds of things. The PDP should be more objective in its criticisms because the world is seeing what Buhari is trying to do. What they are doing is exposing themselves as a corrupt party. That is why they are making all the noise about the fight against corruption…”