The former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the defeat of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Asue Ighodalo in Sunday’s Edo State governorship election signaled the end of the political career of the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki.
Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared winner of the election by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC.
While reacting on a TV programme to the outcome of the election, Oshiomhole carpeted Governor Obaseki for making anti-people policies which he said made the people vote against the PDP in the election, adding that the result was a reflection of the will of the people of the state.
Oshiomhole further said that the defeat has diminished the political influence of the governor as the people voted against his party.
“The acting chairman of PDP talked about defending votes with his blood, because Edo people will sacrifice their blood for anybody.
“We subscribe to President Jonathan’s school which says the election of even a president is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. And you have the PDP national chairman who is acting with all the crises around the status talking about bloodbath for election.
“You have Obaseki, I watched him on Channels insisting it was do-or-die. And when you asked him, he said, if they did, then they would be dead. Now the people have done it. I guess he is politically dead.
“The people have decided that Monday, who was elected last year as a senator, has been elected; and now has been declared the governor-elect. They now understand if a man can speak like the King of England, but can’t build classrooms and their children are sitting on the floor, where is the value of the English?
“If you have signed millions of MoUs, bring all manner of consultants, even though you are one of the consultants anyways. The hospital that was built by Governor Oshiomhole; you converted it to a private hospital. You run it by consultants and only the rich can go there. The poor have been forbidden from going there. You demolished the other side of the hospital and replaced it with a museum. You think the poor are stupid?” he said.