APC Rally: A Rally Without A Rallying Point – Rev Olu Martins

By Simeon OSAJIE

The Deputy Director General, Media and Publicity for the Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, Rev. Olu Martins has described yesterday’s campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State as a display of cacophony and rally without a rallying point.

In a press statement made available to newsmen in Benin City, the state capital, Rev. Olu Martins said every time people rally all over the world, people rally behind ideas. “There is nothing sound or concrete to hold on to from yesterday’s rally that Edo people can pinpoint out or hold on to, other than loud talk, clanging cymbals and continued insult on the intelligence of the masses.

“In addition, they even boasted the shoprite will be destroyed and the Edo people held under the vice grip of hungry political vampires whose only preoccupation is the primitive accumulation of wealth using State powers.

“Usually when people rally, they rally around ideas. Ideas of development, ideas of economic advancement or ideas of educational improvement. Unfortunately the APC doesn’t have such ideas as the Nation under an APC government continues to grapple and struggle with hardship and disillusionment of an uncertain tomorrow.

Even as a civil society practitioner, whenever we are going to protest, there is always a reason why we rally, but what we all saw yesterday at the APC rally was just a show of shame as no ideas, no ideology was pro-pounded to move the Edo Nation forward.

“Suffice to state here that unlike if you listen to Barr. (Dr.) Asue Ighodalo, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming September 21 gubernatorial election, Asue is talking about taking care of the elderly in the society, looking into agriculture, security, empowerment, youths inclusive in the governance of the state, etc.”

For Dr. Asue it’s all about means and ways to improve the lot of the average Edo man and woman. Our party and its candidate have always espoused ideas and philosophies that has endeared us to the people unlike APC that specializes in noise, insults and vicious vituperations.

The Deputy Director General of Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council urged Edo people to beware of APC because their plan is to come back and destroy all the good things Governor Godwin Obasekil-led administration has built for Edo people.

“Edo people must reject APC come September 21 governorship election because their specialty is in vicious vituperations and directionless speeches.”