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“The poisonous messages being reeled by Comrade Adam Oshiomole to justify the APC governor ship candidate is like a plague from hell”, admits Olorogun Peter Abu, the Secretary-General of South-South Journalists Forum (SSJF) Abuja Chapter. He was speaking to newsmen on Sallah eve in Abuja, on the lack of morality and integrity surrounding the September 19, Edo State governorship elections. “The first casualty is a dearth of visionary leadership in Nigeria”, he began. “The second is that Oshiomole himself is a barrier to civilization”, he stressed. According to him, it is appalling watching and listening to his naked lies painting black white and red-green, meaning that the Edo State governorship elections are already bereft of principles and ideology”. Olorogun is sad that upon the stark reality that the APC governorship candidate has a standing fraud and court case, people still troop out to listen to him. “That is the sad development in our political arena” he stated. “Adams Oshiomole...

Obviously, the ominous silence from members of the Nigeria Labour Union is becoming worrisome. It is as though they are suddenly gone AWOL looking the other way while Rome burns. As of the moment, the lame-duck leadership cannot even offer the simplest of opposition despite the bloodletting and widespread corruption ravaging the nation. The popular notion out there in the streets is that a vibrant Labour could have struck fear into the hearts of evil perpetrators, but that is not the case; With the majority of Nigerians increasingly becoming cowed or intimidated, the road has been cleared for the executive arm of government to run riot, borrowing huge sums of money with nothing to show for it. Who is there to bail Nigerians out? That remains to be seen. Unlike in the past, leaders of the Union would have issued strongly worded threats not to deter but at least to let probable offenders know that there are checks and balances.. Not any more. Their conspiratorial stance amounts to a betr...

It is becoming evident  by the day that the impending September 19 governorship elections is not likely to be a round table event; from the unfolding drama, it is more likely to be of a heavyweight boxing contest or better still a box office wrestling bout. This regrettable stance is obvious judging from the introduction of the underworld elements; “ you do not expect a snail to attend a meeting called by animals with horns ”, that is the problem; Obaseki, erroneously thought to be a greenhorn who was brought up to come “ chop food ” according to Oshiomole now wants to prove he was the one that cooked the food in the first place. To them, that is sacrilege; so, obviously enraged, the real owners of the food, according to Oshiomole, are now out with their fangs to devour him—that’s how predators reason. The only language they understand is violence.  Obaseki may have escaped from their lethal grip when he took refuge in PDP. If you have ever come across a wild animal befo...