OSHIOMOLE deserves Vice-Presidential ticket for APC

Mr. Odaro Omoregie is a chieftain of the
newly registered All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Edo State and a member
of the Publicity Committee in
Oshiomhole's Campaign Organization in
2012.
In this interview, he urges
General Muhammadu Buhari to
jettison his presidential
ambition in the interest of the
party, just as he declares that Governor
Adams Oshiomhole's leadership in Edo will
guarantee victory for the APC in future
elections in the state. Excerpts: How
optimistic are you that the APC will form
the Federal Government in 2015? You need
to deploy wisdom when you play politics.
It is becoming clearer by the day that there
is a conspiracy from the PDP in trying to
jettison this new wind that is taking over
the country now, the APC. They tried to
thwart the registration but it did not work;
and even today we are aware that there
are groups working seriously to divide the
APC by supporting certain elements as
candidates. Odaro Omoregie Odaro
Omoregie I think internally we should have
a new brand of leadership in the APC. For
APC to continue to enjoy the support of the
public, they should be able to bring out
their best candidates and they must be
young men and women.
With the rumours going round now that
people like General Buhari want to run for
President, we are also hearing that
Tambuwal is joining the APC, we must
ensure that we bring in new breed of
politicians different from the PDP style. The
APC governors are doing well and I believe
some of them are also qualified to fly the
presidential flag of the party.
Some of them could also be Vice-President,
people like Governor Adams Oshiomhole,
who is doing very well in Edo state. We are
believing that the APC can choose
Oshiomhole as vice-president, then get
somebody who will be generally accepted
from the North as President. Buhari's
presidential ambition I know General
Buhari very well, and I know that he is a
man of integrity and man of his words. So
if there is an arrangement that he should
step aside with Tinubu so as to have an
acceptable candidate, I think he will honour
that. But don't forget he is a man with
broad based support and most of his
supporters would want to see him rule this
country once again.
But we will not give our support on
emotional ground; I believe we must do
what is best for the party to be able to kick
out PDP from power. We really need the
new breed to take over the leadership of
Nigeria and that is what APC should focus
on.
Buhari has exhibited leadership both as a
military president and a civilian, but I think
the APC arrangement now will necessitate
him to become a statesman or a national
leader of the party and play advisory role
to ensure that younger people are brought
into the system. I believe he will honour
the agreement but I know that some
persons will push him but I know he
should be wiser than that because for the
APC to defeat the PDP, the leaders must
make painful sacrifices. Nigerians will
appreciate him more now if he stays at the
back ground and assist the party to grow.
APC optimism I am very optimistic about
that. It is only in Nigeria that we don't
remember that election is a game of
numbers and performance. If you go back
to the last 14 years of the PDP government,
the impact has been minimal, if you want
to compare the revenue of the Federal
Government with the development we are
seeing, there is nothing to write home
about.
Jonathan was our hope when he became
President but if you look at what we are
getting today Yar'Adua's administration
was even better. There is so much
insecurity, poor road network, lack of
steady power, poverty, unemployment,
nothing is working. So I don't think the PDP
slogan of being the largest party in Africa
will go beyond 2015, they will be defeated
across board because they have failed the
people.
Edo State APC I don't think we still have PDP
in Edo; it is only on the pages of
newspaper you hear comments as if they
still exist here. But if you look across the
state, in local governments, state Assembly,
the PDP is no where and I believe we will
finally bury them in the 2015 National
Assembly election. That is why I laughed
when I read the former chairman of Owan
West Local Asekhame saying that APC will
not survive in Edo, he is day dreaming.
I think what he is supposed to say is that
the PDP might disintegrate into a different
name both in Nigeria and Edo. The last local
government election in Edo gave a clear
picture of what the people want and gone
are the days where rigging was acceptable
because of the lack of awareness of the
electorate.

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