National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said that anyone talking about controlling state power in 2023 was playing God.
He said this on Thursday at a reconciliation meeting with aggrieved aspirants and stakeholders from Bayelsa State ahead of the November 16 governorship election.
Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State, also accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of facilitating the pasting of fake APC posters for 2023 presidential campaign in order to cause disaffection in the ruling party.
He also accused the PDP and the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) of dragging the judiciary into politics after it lost at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
“Only those who play god can begin to position themselves now for 2023. We believe that these are the handiwork of the PDP who thinks that they can create suspicion within the rank of the APC by nominating for our party who they think or purporting or attempting to print for some elements in our party whether to create complete diversion,” he said.
“So, I stand here as the National Chairman of the APC not only to deny those posters as they affect me but to deny those posters as they affect any leader of our party because it is not yet time. Even people who may have ambition are aware that this is not the time.
“At this point in time, all hands must be on deck to support President Muhammadu Buhari and all our state governors in their respective states to work together unanimously to deliver deliverables for the good of our people in the states and at the federal level.”
The chairman condemned Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, for allegedly speaking ill of the APC governorship candidate in the state, David Lyon.
