A group, The Conscious Watchmen, based in the Edo State capital, Benin City, has thrown its weight behind Senator Ehigie Uzamere by lambasting Patrick Eholor while reacting to his allegations against the distinguished senator in a trending video.
In a statement that Arthur Ogunro, its President, signed the Conscious Watcmen said: “Our attention has been drawn to the unprovoked, unsolicited, attention seeking and totally jaundiced rantings of self acclaimed rights activist, Patrick Eholor, spewing loads of unverifiable claims against the person of Distinguished Senator Ehigie Edobor Uzamere.
“All the false unverifiable claims that Eholor made can be viewed from his attention seeking attributes which in some years ago culminated in his sudden appearance at the endsars protest in Lagos to claim some bragging rights which he is never entitled to. He will forever tell the story of how the law enforcement agents clamped him in detention where he rightly belong.
“For his information, Senator Ehigie Uzamere meritoriously served two uninterrupted terms of eight years in the senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between the year 2007 and 2015 where he contributed his quota to the development of the country with his robust debates on the floor of the senate chambers.
“An architect by training, Senator Uzamere has flown the Benin flag proudly wherever he goes. He has never failed to identify with his roots. And it is based on this that he has become a voice to be reckoned with on matters regarding Benin and indeed Edo State.
“Senator Uzamere is a real, loyal party man and we see him doing nothing wrong in canvassing the party line in his utterances or pronouncement where Eholor comes in to attack him is confusing. But as a reknown ‘busybody’ who thrives in hiding under the flag of human rights activism his ego trip is understandable.
“We are doing this reaction to Eholor’s nonsense talk to put the records straight and not because we attach any value to his noisemaking. His modus operandi is to seek relevance where he has none and we are not about to oblige him in his infamous techniques.”
