“God must have good reasons for making us look alike ” – Ahmed
Usman
The first high profile personality lookalike Daily Times featured
early in the outgoing year was a striking real life Baba Iyabo
Olusegun Obsasanjo lookalike, Mr. Lawrence Adesoji Adediji. To
shoo 2015 into the recess of history this Christmas week and spice
up the season, features editor again presents an astonishing
Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomole lookalike. Here, let’s meet
Adams Oshiomole’s ‘twin’ brother.
When our features team picked their way down the slope that
started from Funmilayo bus stop, Ogba in Lagos to the unmarked
Community Street at the belly of Okeira that used to be a thick
swampy terrain, No. 26 was not easily distinguishable as no house
there carried the Street’s name.
Kudos to the cellphone age; when our correspondent called his
number, lo, a man stepped out from a nearby house that, the first
question anyone would ask naturally would be: what could Gov
Adams Oshiomole be doing here?
When the man waved our team to come on over, even his voice had
that hoarse resemblance that would be taken for the Edo State
governor’s voice.
Who is this man? Where did he spring from and how can anyone
explain this genetic link that paired two people with ethnic and
professional diversity as one, almost?
Let’s do the pairing ourselves:
While Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomole was born 1952 at Iyamoh,
near Auchi in Edo State, his identical twin-brother (almost) Ahmed
Usman was born in 1961 in Okene town, Okene Local Government
Area of Kogi state.
Comrade Oshiomole is currently the Governor of Edo state living in
government house, Benin City; Ahmed Usman is a plumber living in
a rented room at 26 Community Street, Okeira, Ogba in Ikeja for six
years on.
While Oshiomole was born Muslim but was led to Christianity by his
late wife Clara who died of cancer aged 54, Ahmed Usman was also
born a Muslim and married a Muslim woman. His first born is now
17 and Ahmed wants him to study medicine and be a doctor.
Education
After his secondary education, Oshiomole worked for a while before
he proceeded to study at Ruskin College, Oxford in the United
Kingdom where he majored in economics and industrial relations.
He also attended the National Institute for Policy and Strategic
Studies, Kuru. In May 2015 he married a young model called Lara
Fortes.
Ahmed Usman started his primary school at Anglican primary
school and went on to complete his secondary school education,
both at Mafoluku in Oshodi, Lagos.
After his secondary education Ahmed undertook to learn plumbing
work in the absence of money to further his education.
Today he is a husband and a father to three children and a
professional plumber who does maintenance work and also takes
on complete plumbing network of blocks of flats as the case may
be.
Different strokes for different strokes, you might say, but let us get
to know more about Ahmed Aliu. At what time did you realise you
and Gov Oshiomole look twin brothers?
“It is a long time now, since Oshiomole was a labour leader at the
NLC around 2003 or so. From when the man became popular
people began to look at me with surprise and saying that I must be
Oshiomole’s brother.
“Before then I didn’t even know I looked like anyone beside myself.
You know I am not particularly handsome so the idea of even
thinking about it did not occur to me.
“But when the comment grew everywhere I went I became curious. I
used to look at his photograph very well when he appears in
newspapers and sometimes on television; that is when he was
making trouble with government or companies.”
What were your thoughts when you first saw his photo?
“I was surprised of course; I just can’t think why we should look
alike so much. I am not from his town and we are not even from the
same tribe or state. I just took it as one of the things about life that
nobody can explain, but I think God must have good reasons why
he made us look alike.”
Hilarious and uncomfortable moments
“One fellow once put my face on face book and someone wrote on
the social media that one day he will dress me up like Oshiomole
and take me to meet him in Benin, but he never showed up.
“One time also, I was warned be careful where I go or how I move
about because kidnappers may snatch me believing I must be the
Governor’s brother. So it has been fun, but it has not been easy.
Only God has protected me.”
Would you like to meet him, really?
“Why, yes of course; it would be very interesting to meet Adams
Oshiomole one-on-one, but that will take money and connection. I
imagine you cannot just walk up to government house in Benin (I
don’t even know where that is because I have never been to Benin
all my life), then say you want to see the governor.
“Even though we look alike, I do not have the heart to walk up to
him like that, unless someone who is connected to him will take me
there. Some overzealous security man could throw me out. So if
that can be done, I think I will look forward to meeting him.”
Probing to see if this man shares any trace of Gov Oshiomole’s no-
nonsense-character, Ahmed revealed that he may not be a labour
man but he hates anywhere a fellow man or woman is shortchanged
or harassed in any way.
“Although I don’t have his background and power to make things
happen, but in this my small community, I don’t take it kindly when
anyone is cheated that I know of. I will challenge whoever it is, but I
do it with caution. If I don’t say it out I will feel very angry with
myself.”
Commenting on death warrants Oshiomole signed which resulted in
the hanging of some criminals condemned to death by the courts,
Ahmed said he would do same in the Governor’s shoes without
hesitation.
“Yes; why not? Why should a criminal who has probably killed
somebody and condemned by a legal court be kept alive? I will
surely sign it. Yes, if I find myself in his position I will sign the
warrant so that the person who killed another person must die
also.”
If and when you meet Gov Oshiomole face-to-face, what exactly
would you say to him?
“I will tell him how people have been telling me wherever I went that
I must be your brother; they don’t even believe me when I say we
are not related.
“I will also tell him of the danger I faced because people warned
that kidnappers may snatch me thinking I am really your relation.
So for good and for danger, I have been in a spot because God
decided to make us look like each other.
“I will ask him for his opinion, and after I hear him out, I will wait
and see what he will do for me, because I am a common plumber
and living in a rented room with my wife and three children. I too
can do with a change of position and environment.”
On Lagos State Government
“I wish they will do better according to their election promises. If a
man promise something to the people and they believe him and vote
for him, he must fulfill the things he said he will do.
“Like this our road, if I were a governor and I had promised I will
asphalt this road and I am not able do so, I will tell the people why I
cannot do so, and after that I will resign.”
Message to Oshiomole:
“I really look forward to meeting Gov Oshiomole, not only because
we look alike so much, but also because God must have reasons for
making us look alike. I am daily bombarded by people who call me
Adams Oshiomole instead of my real name, Ahmed; yet I am here
suffering lack of everything.
“How can a person that looks so much like me be a governor and it
does not rob off on me and my family? Even if on account of my
work as a plumber, let him make a difference. I can work for
government as a plumber: I know my work very well.
“That is my message to him. Thank you.”
The mysteries of genetics
Daily Times sought the view of a steward of the mysteries, a cleric
and geneticist, Mr. Ovie Daniels who threw some light into the
capacity of the God to confound science and reason by the works of
His hands. Hear him:
The Creator is God of multi-duplicity; there is no character in the
Bible you cannot see in our world today. We have seen some local
Yoruba or Igbo woman paint their faces, draw eyelashes in a crazy
way and wear wide earrings – and you remember Jezebel in the
Bible, yet the women may be stark illiterates but yet she will have
the same nature and penchant to exhibit all that jezebel did in the
Scriptures – and God has been doing things like that either for
positive or negative.


On the issue of lookalike, it just goes to show that, apart from the
formal training, there are some information that clearly show that
behavior and character are not relative; you do not get it from
anybody otherwise you will not have Obasanjo lookalike having the
same mannerism and temperament with Obasanjo when nobody in
his family ever had it.


It is just one of those things that show the supremacy of God and to
show that our knowledge is still very limited compared to what God
has established.
source: http://dailytimes.com.ng/meet-adams-oshiomoles-twin-brother/

Are you telling me that man is not Adams

For Christ sakes.
Op, make proper use of paragraphs and full stops.
Reading through that is a task.
Everything is jumbled together.

A genetically-modified Oshiomole

Pics is all I come to see, and op what all the stories all about? Just for this man look like Oshiomole? Nah waooooo

Blood is thicker than water!!!



The handsomeness runs in their family,but Osho was wise to use Lara as an antitude to tame it.

This proves that Adamu OshiomOLE is a Hausa-fulani bast@rd. There are so many illegitimate children/spies of Hausa pigs running around. His mum is nothing more than a 10 kobo wh0re.

Oshi omo ole has no comparison

Away match. Believe me that guy is his f*cking brother

Just like him. But one is full of life why d other isn't. Moral of the lesson Work hard at the appropriate time because if that time passes, even your youngest broda in the family who struggled to make it will be sending you messages and u have no option because of the benefit. lol

Moral of the story; No matter how ugly someone may seem, he'll definitely have a look alike.


Issorait! Lemme continue to observe things from this palm tree where I'm sitting.

hinwazaka:
This proves that Adamu OshiomOLE is a Hausa-fulani bast@rd. There are so many illegitimate children/spies of Hausa pigs running around. His mum is nothing more than a 10 kobo wh0re.

Are you through??.

Dont let anybody deceive u....I know dat man in s 2nd pix wella....Na my plumber oo

perhaps he's his distantly related cousin.

make me too find who i resemble for that side since e dey reign now.

They sure look alike.

Hmm,very much alike..

walahi, that guy resemble Osho wella.


Osho baba must see this.


Let me check whether I still have his number.

Fp tinx. Mod, pls help Osho reunite with his family