The verbal war between the ex-Minister of Niger Delta
Affairs, Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe and the Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo
State Wednesday took a dimension of pedestrian, with the ex-Minister calling
Oshiomhole a ‘garage boy’ and vowing to expose his dubious deeds against
Nigerians.
Orubebe in a swift reaction to Oshiomhole’s response to his
(Orubebe) earlier remarks on him, said that the Comrade Oshiomhole’s attempt to
link his advice to President Muhammadu Buhari to be weary of popular Villa
sycophants to his fears of a possible probe with connection to the East- West
road project shows he is indeed a ‘garage boy’ who lacks focus.
Orubebe who described the governor’s insinuation as
laughable, maintained that the Edo state Governor has failed to address the
issue of sycophancy which he accused him of.
He said Oshiomhole is suffering from chronic diarrhoea of
the mouth and that is why he has lately been misleading Nigerians as his
illiteracy is beyond human comprehension.
The former Minister of Special duties further argued that
his integrity and high level of accountability all through his six years
service to the nation as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs cannot be matched
nor compromised.
He added, “I am proud to have been a vital instrument used
by God to take the once abandoned East- West road project to an admirable 80
percent level of completion. It is unfortunate that our respected Niger Delta
could produced the likes of Oshiomhole who is a garage boy that should be at
the motor park as a son.
Threatening to expose Oshiomhole more, Elder Orubebe said,
“I will disgrace him publicly and tell the world about his dubious deeds as
governor as well as his role in the botched Third Term Bid of former President
Olusegun Obasanjo.
“I am going to open his can of worms to the point that
Nigerians will stone him if seen on the streets. I don’t talk carelessly as I
have my facts to prove my points.’
On the alleged embezzlement of several billions of naira
under his regime as minister of Niger Delta, he said, “I am not afraid of
probe, am a man of integrity under whose watch the abandoned 42 bridges and
1040 culverts that was initially without designed was upgraded to the level it
is today.
“Every reasonable Niger Deltan and Nigerians at large knows
that I am the admired face of the East West road, I can stand tall, anywhere
and anytime to defend my administration as well as account for every dime that
was allocated for the several projects we embarked upon’.
“My Co- ministers and every other person who was a member of
the federal Executive Council under former president Jonathan’s watch can
attest to the fact that I was a vessel par excellence who had result oriented
contributed to make towards moving the nation forward,” he said.
On the statement by the Oshiomhole that he should be cooling
off in jail following his actions at the 2015 presidential election collation
Centre, Elder Orubebe said, “if he is reasonable, he will not refer to my
action at the election result collation centre.”
“This is because, history will talk about it and Nigerians
will be proud of me. Yes, I had to apologise to Nigerians, particularly the
youths over my I term ‘wrong approach to a just course’. Yes, I had a just case
that was deliberately ignored, as one who felt cheated, and so reacted
He said, “I’m laughing at him because, if there’s anyone who
should bury his face in shame, it has to be Oshiomhole who disgraced, harassed
and rough handled a poor widow who he should have ordinarily accommodated.”
He continued, “My people are very proud of me, I mean the
aged, the poor and orphans. I don’t disgrace them before putting smiles on
their faces.
“I maintain the fact that Oshiomhole is a popular villa
sycophant, a garage boy and that PMB should be weary of him, if he must succeed
and be really admired.”
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