The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has vowed to end his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole’s stay in politics by winning Edo Election on September 19.
Godwin Obaseki made the remarks during the closing moments of the Peoples Democratic Party campaigns in Oredo local government.
The state Governor said the Edo Election which has been scheduled for September 19, is about contesting with former governor ‘Oshiomhole‘, who he said has failed to respect Benin people.
“As a sitting Governor, Oshiomhole decides to pick who will represent me in my House of Assembly. Can you imagine the insult? That was where this fight started,” Obaseki said. “Because he believes, in his own mind, that Benin people are like chickens – when you throw corn, they will run after the corn.
“This election is a contest with Oshiomhole. We have dealt with him at the national level, we will bury him politically in this election; because he has no regard for Benin people, he has no regard for us in Oredo, and we will show him that he is nothing.”
According to Obaseki, the ex-governor and former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had sold the market to his friends. “I reversed the sale of Edaiken Market and brought the rates down to the level that our people can afford. That pitted me against the godfather. He said that I cannot be a governor. Is he God? Are we fools?” he said.
The governor also noted that the battle over who wins the forthcoming election is between him and Oshiomhole, and not the flagbearer of the APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Obaseki and Oshiomhole were once political allies but fell out, leading to the former’s exit from the All Progressives Congress, the platform on which he won his first term as Governor in 2016.
Oshiomhole has endorsed the APC candidate for the forthcoming Edo Election , Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
