Former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has stated that current Governor Godwin Obaseki is “politically dead,” following the recent governorship election results. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Oshiomhole claimed that the election outcome reflects the true will of the people.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on September 22, 2024 announced that Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged victorious. Oshiomhole dismissed any controversy surrounding the results, asserting that they signify a decline in Obaseki’s political power.
He criticized comments from opposition figures regarding election integrity, referencing the absurdity of valuing bloodshed over democratic choice.
He said; “No, 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, brought 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 ran 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?”
