Oshiomhole rides on Tinubu’s back, tackles Obaseki

A former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has hit out at his predecessor, the Governor Godwin Obasekihe said he has not fulfilled his campaign promises to the citizens.

Mr. Oshiomhole said it was the presidency of the All Progressives Congress (APC). campaign rally in Benin City he warned the people of the country not to vote for Mr. Obaseki in 2020.

“You know, last time I told you to be careful about the governorship election,” Mr. Oshiomhole, a former APC national chairman, told many party supporters at a rally.

“Didn’t I say that? Didn’t I say that? Where are we? Where are we? Where is the industrial park? Where is the port? Where is the new housing? Where is the field? Where is the village mechanic?”

Mr. Oshiomhole, 70, displayed great energy on stage, jumping, singing and praising the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

Mr. Tinubu was at the rally together with other party leaders.

Mr. Obaseki, a estranged protégé of Mr. Oshiomhole, was first elected governor in 2016 through the help of Mr. Oshiomhole. Both collapse and involve a a long political battle which almost paralyzed the government in the country.

The fight cost Mr. Obaseki the APC ticket for his second term ambition, prompting him to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party where he won the party’s governorship ticket with the help of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and finally. win re-election.

Mr. Oshiomhole was consumed by the war as well as he was later kicked out of the office as APC chairman.

Mr. Obaseki’s re-election and Mr. Oshiomhole’s removal from office are big losses for Mr. Tinubu who is struggling to consolidate his political influence in other states outside Lagos where he is a former governor.

Mr. Tinubu’s presidential ambitions offered Mr. Oshiomhole an opportunity to revive his political base and also fight against Governor Obaseki.

The former APC chairman is one of the party’s three senatorial candidates in the state.

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Obaseki responded

Governor Obaseki on Friday said Mr. Oshiomhole “is trying to sell lies in a last ditch effort to revive his dead political career”.

“The public is no longer fed up with empty rhetoric and lies, which have long been a poisonous political curse that undermines people’s governance while the political class feeds fat from our collective heritage.

“Oshiomhole’s political career is over and it doesn’t matter how high he jumps on stage or how sad he is to annoy the crowd, people can see through his facade and recognize his antics and unconscionable lies. The former governor’s political career is effectively cut short at the polls in the 2020 governorship election in Edo State, which is a referendum on political style,” the governor said through his media aide, Crusoe Osagie.