{"id":123336,"date":"2025-10-28T18:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123336"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:56:29","slug":"edo-apc-chairman-orders-commissioners-to-wear-tinubus-cap-or-face-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/edo-apc-chairman-orders-commissioners-to-wear-tinubus-cap-or-face-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo APC Chairman Orders Commissioners To Wear Tinubu\u2019s Cap or Face Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarrett Tenebe, has declared that any commissioner who fails to wear President Bola Tinubu\u2019s signature \u201cAsiwaju cap\u201d to Executive Council meetings will be suspended for indiscipline and insubordination.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tenebe, in a television interview monitored by Pointblank News, read out the riot act, warning that refusal to wear the cap to the state\u2019s Executive Council meetings would have serious consequences.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, the directive was aimed at reinforcing loyalty to President Tinubu and the APC administration.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0He said the party in Edo State had adopted the Tinubu cap as a symbol of allegiance, insisting that commissioners who defy the governor\u2019s instruction to wear it would face disciplinary action.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf you refuse to wear the cap as the governor has directed, we will suspend you. That is indiscipline and insubordination,\u201d Tenebe warned.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He explained that the decision formed part of the state chapter\u2019s efforts to consolidate the party\u2019s support base and mobilise massively ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are doing it because we have made a promise that 3.5 million votes are guaranteed. Everybody has keyed into realising the 3.5 million votes,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The directive, sources said, followed an earlier instruction by Governor Monday Okpebholo for all government officials to wear Tinubu-branded caps and outfits during official functions as a show of solidarity with the President.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The \u201cAsiwaju cap,\u201d often worn by President Tinubu and now widely adopted by his supporters, has become a symbolic mark of loyalty within the APC.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, the directive has triggered widespread criticism from observers who described it as an embarrassing descent into political sycophancy. Many Nigerians have expressed concern that forcing commissioners to wear a particular item of clothing as a sign of loyalty undermines democratic values and trivialises governance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Political commentators argue that such a move portrays Edo State as blazing a very strange and undignified trail, one that elevates personal worship over institutional integrity. Critics insist that rather than cautioning the governor to tone down on excessive displays of allegiance, the APC leadership appears to be endorsing them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThese are strange times,\u201d one analyst remarked. \u201cEdo has unfortunately carried last by turning what should be a platform for serious governance into a fashion parade of loyalty.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As of the time of filing this report, no commissioner had been publicly reprimanded for violating the directive, but party insiders hinted that compliance would be closely monitored going forward.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo The Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarrett Tenebe, has declared that any commissioner who fails to wear President Bola Tinubu\u2019s signature \u201cAsiwaju cap\u201d&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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