A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has apologised to the people of Edo State for supporting Governor Godwin Obaseki to emerge as the state governor in 2016.
He added that nobody can force him out of the APC as he remains a loyal and founding member of the party.
He, however, said his mission for now would be to ensure the governor’s defeat in the governorship election scheduled for September 19.
Oshiomhole, addressing a crowd that gathered to welcome him at his Iyamho country home, said: “I have made a mistake by supporting a man who has no vision for my people. So, I want to correct my mistakes by making sure a servant of God, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is elected as governor and kick the snake out of the government house.
“From now till September 19, I am here in Edo State because a political lion that I am, I am not scared of anything.”
Saying Ize-Iyamu is not a stranger to Edo politics, Oshiomhole stated: “He campaigned for me in 2012 and I won all the 18 local government areas of Edo State. He knows the roots unlike the current governor, who just became governor and does not know the efforts people made to make him governor. We will kick out this MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) governor and replace him with a pastor who will sweep out the Coronavirus party by the grace of God.”
But in a swift response, Obaseki said he had no regrets for not being a stooge of Oshiomhole.
Both politicians had fallen apart shortly after Obaseki became governor in 2016. The quarrel persisted until last month when the governor was disqualified from contesting the APC governorship primary, forcing him to switch to the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he picked up the ticket to run on September 19.
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