Governor Adams Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole pulled a stunner yesterday as his
anointed replacement Godwin Obaseki won the Edo State governorship
election putting to rest the boasts made by top bigwigs of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and godfathers to defeat him.
Oshiomhole has politically retired the so-called godfathers of the
PDP who had held sway in the state over the years before he was elected
the governor. With the latest defeat, Oshiomhole has succeeded in
writing his name on the political stone of victory in Edo State and will
now be regarded as one of those whose words cannot be ignored in the
state.
With his APC team, he successfully defeated an alliance of top
politicians in Edo state like Chief Tony Anenih, former PDP Board of
Trustees (BoT); business mogul and the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief
Gabriel Igbinedion; his son and former governor, Lucky; former Foreign
Affairs minister, Chief Tom Ikimi; former Minister of Works, Mr. Mike
Onolememen; former Chief of Staff to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,
Chief Mike Oghiadome; media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and Senator
Odion Ugbesia all of the PDP.
These bigwigs had boasted before the election to stop Oshiomhole
and the APC as they promised to defeat him in the just concluded
election. But, Oshiomhole surprised them and gave them a brutal
political beating they will never forget.
With the defeat of PDP, many are beginning to feel the power of
Oshiomhole in the state after he single-handedly changed the politics of
the state. It seems like the APC will dominate the state for a longtime
to come if the party continues to keep to its promise of alleviating
the suffering of the people by providing needed development and
infrastructure.
It is indeed a new dawn in Edo State as Oshiomhole through his anointed ally Obaseki steers the wheel of the state.
No wonder a victorious Oshiomhole declared that he has finally clipped the wings of the godfathers in the state as he said thus:
“Over the last eight years, we have tried to orientate our people not
just the voters but politicians that the season of election rigging,
where one or two godfathers write the results is over and we were
committed to dismantling the rigging machine.
“We have a rerun in 2012 with all the godfathers on one side
and new forces of change on my side, I won in all the 18 local
government areas. Our people have spoken loud and clear that they
believe in democracy, they just don’t want to be beneficiaries, they
want to be the drivers of the process. This was showed by the way they
conducted themselves on election day.
“It is outstanding and remarkable that tensed as the election
was with all the predictions, the APC won 15 out of the 18 local
government areas decisively.
"Those who were loudest in making noise have been revealed where they stand in relation with Edo people.
"We have humbled Chief Tom Ikimi even in the local government
he claimed to have created. We defeated Chief Raymond Dokpesi in his
polling unit, his ward and his local government.
"In Okada, the political family that has boasted that they will
continue to govern this state and even compelled the state to adopt
them as the queen of England whose birthday must be celebrated was
rejected.
“In Esan land, the senatorial zone of the PDP godfather, we won
two out of the five local governments. We gave him a fight that he
managed to escape. He used the factor of his age to play on the emotion
of the people. It is a victory for the people of the state. Edo people
are now proud they can now determine who rules them and no one
godfathers can choose a leader for them.”
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