Some elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have described as mischievous and lies, allegations that Pastor Ize-Iyamu is a stranger who had spent just three months in the party.
\nThey also\u00a0described the alleged conduct of a mock primary to endorse him as the consensus candidate of\u00a0APC in the governorship election scheduled for\u00a0September 19\u00a0as falsehood.
\nThe\u00a0elders said that the letter President Muhammadu Buhari, was done\u00a0by faceless groups to malign the\u00a0National\u00a0Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole and Ize-Iyamu.
\nAccording to them, few years after being forced by\u00a0\u201cbetrayal, lies and deceit to exit from the APC which he helped to build, Ize-Iyamu returned several months ago.\u201d
\n\u201cHis return was inspired by the yearnings of the good people of Edo State, and encouraged by genuine leaders of the APC who are interested in ensuring that the APC is re-positioned to win future elections in Edo State\u201d, they\u00a0stated.
\nThe Edo APC Elders who made the clarification in a letter to Buhari, believed that the allegations contained in the letter demonstrate that those behind it were desperate to ruin the electoral fortune of the party if they do not have their way.
\nThe letter was signed by\u00a0a\u00a0former Chairman of Etsako East Local Government Area, Stanley Odidi (Edo North); former Chairman, Esan\u00a0North East LGA, Sam Oboh (Edo Central) and former member,\u00a0Edo State House of Assembly who represented Orhionmwon Constituency I, Etinosa Ogbeiwi (Edo South.
\nThe letter reads, \u201cPastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the personality who is the primary target of the said letter of lies, is not as falsely claimed by the faceless authors of the letter, a\u00a0three-month-old member of our great party, the APC.
\n\u201cOn the contrary, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, more than being part and parcel of our great party from the very beginning, was in the inner circle of the great personalities instrumental in the formation of the party.
\n\u201cHe played vital roles, traveling far and wide in the mission to facilitate the amicable coming together of the three defunct parties that merged to form the APC in 2013. Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu\u2019s undisputed role in the formation of the APC are shown by the sensitive positions he held in the APC during and after its formation.
\n\u201cHe was the Vice National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (South-South) and members of the national caucus. As Chief of Staff and later Secretary to the Government of Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu served with honour and without blemish, facts well-known to the faceless authors of the letter of lies.
\n\u201cThe accusation only emanates from a figment of their imagination as no such thing happened in reality. The letter, which is laden with naked lies, is deliberately calculated to cast these two great personalities in bad light and bring them to disfavour before you.
\n\u201cHowever, truth is always alive and can never be vanquished by lies. We crave your Excellency\u2019s kind indulgence to debunk these lies, while setting the records straight.
\n\u201cWe make bold to say that the alleged signatories to the letter of lies are non-existent, concocted names. Such is the mischief which can only be associated with dishonourable people who do not believe in the political ideals of openness and internal democracy upon which the APC is solidly built.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have described as mischievous and lies, allegations that Pastor Ize-Iyamu is a stranger who had spent just three months in the party. They also\u00a0described the alleged conduct of a mock primary to endorse him as the consensus candidate of\u00a0APC in the governorship election scheduled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[189,160,1630],"class_list":["post-26415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-edo","tag-iyamu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}