Emils:
Hard fact

Edo no be Lagos, Lagos is too sophisticated and more dynamic than edo. Pedro revolted against the lagos apc machinery by contesting governorship under a different platform, samething with obanikoro and jimi agbaje, but they all regretted it and came back to beg to be admitted back except agbaje. Ambode will live to regret it if he comes out under a different party.

CXLVII:
Comedy!

Comparing Oshiomole to Tinubu!

Ambode would be displace from his very own Epe LGA if he tries it.

People fail to study Tinubu and just criticize the man. The man has built an informidable political empire.

His political reach and powers are not in his personality, he has invested in people who are rooted in his values. He just flicks his fingers and the programme runs!

Can only happen in SW, most of them are Cowards

BennyDGreat:


Lagos is APC strong hold plus Sanwoolu isn't a failure. Ambode is sellable but he can't win Lagos under PDP. He knows. He dey system

you just never can tell

Obaseki the Fake governor. Edo federal no going misfortune since 1999.

Yves4real:


Before the 2020 Edo gubernatorial election, Anthony Aziegbeni was the state PDP chairman, and till date, he is still the state PDP chairman.
Hope, all is well with you?

Did he mention state chairman? Hope, all is well with you too?

I am telling Ambode for the umpteenth time, he should join PDP and get the ticket for 2023.

trutharena:


Obi of Onitsha is a fool.

As I am 1000% sure you’re from the sad East.

Lastly, Edo no be Lagos!

If Godfatherism is having Sanwo-Olu a working governor and un-Godfatherism is having Obaseki a failure governor, then I prefer Godfatherism.

Don't mind them. Even when the section of Edo State people who chanted "Edo no be Lagos" are now reeling in disappointment, these shallow minded triumphalists are still celebrating what has since be realized to be a fraudulent campaign gimmick. Obaseki's second godfather, Wike of Rivers State, has just revealed yesterday that Obaseki long sold a historical Edo State property in Portharcourt for N4.5bn without the knowledge of Edo State people.... meaning that he himself is actually the one cornering the state's resources while pointing accusing fingers at others in the name of fighting the same godfatherism he ironically rode to power. In all of these the Edo-no-be-Lagos chanting Igbos and this ignoramus Osun State PDP member has not said anything about Wike's revelation let alone Obaseki's struggle to become the newest godfather in the Edo State Chapter of his PDP. Crass hypocrites.

Penguin2:
Ambode has no balls.

Lily-livered coward.

It's easy to talk after all talk is cheap.

Upworkwriter007:
Talk is cheap.....Ambode had every force in Lagos against him. From state executive of his party, to his commissioners and even his own deputy governor. The state House of Assembly has already moved an impeachment motion against him. How could he have survived that? Tinubu's hold on lagosians is stronger than what most people think.

you dy mind those garrulous guys, person wey know Lagos well will know that there is nothing Ambode can do, even if he cross carpet to PDP, he will still lose. All of them saying Edo no be Lagos, but still Lagos state government is performing better than Edo state government. I wonder why nobody is talk about a governor in southeast that has already announced his successor even before election.

eebraa:
Obaseki the scam governor. Edo state no get luck since 1999.

Even Wike now regrets supporting him with Rivers State's hard earned funds, so much so that he has revealed on Channels TV that Obaseki sold Edo Line office in Portharcourt for N4.5bn secretly. Till now Obaseki's media aides have not been able to offer a rebuttal.

ButterBurger:
you just never can tell

Lol politics na game of number. No be trial and error. You can easily tell from what you have.
The only way Lagos can change is if the APC itself breaks into different factions which will weaken the party itself

rippa:

Poverty it's everywhere in Nigeria. We have more poor people in Lagos than Edo. Stop saying rubbish and stay on the topic. Was ambode doing better than wat sanwo olu is doin currently? Yes. So why will u remove a performing gov just for ur selfish reason. Only one man we dictate for an entire state. This same man will come tomorrow and tell u he wants to remove sanwo olu. For ur information obaseki never performed even during his first tenure. His re-election wasn't on the basis of performance, but rather a statement. We can't create another monster after Anineh. God forbid

In one word, you voted for him to suffer... Eleribu!

Deadlytruth:


Even Wike now regrets supporting him with Rivers State's hard earned funds, so much so that he has revealed on Channels TV that Obaseki sold Edo Line office in Portharcourt for N4.5bn secretly. Till now Obaseki's media aides have not been able to offer a rebuttal.

No wonder Obaseki no dey attend PDP meetings again.

eneye1:
There was no structure in Edo. Is usually one man show. lagos has GAC.
Now, is Edo doing better than Lagis

Over 80% of those who blindly chanted Edo no be Lagos have all quietly relocated from Edo State to Lagos State for survival on the occasion of the misgovernance of their principal and disappointment over his decision to outsource political appointments to his Lagos cronies against their expectation of being rewarded with such appointments for shouting Torgba, and Edo no be Lagos. What a world!

tesppidd:
Comparing the situation of Ambode and Tinubu with that of Obaseki and Oshiomole is quite idiotic to say the least.

Oshiomole was never even a godfather. He was just an ex governor trying to install his successor like 36 other state governors would do!

The only true godfathers Nigeria has had in recent times are people like Tinubu, Saraki, Anenih, Ibori,

Others were just ex governors pulling their weight to install their successor, nothing more.

If Obaseki was up agianst Tinubu or even Tony Anenih in his prime, him sef for chop am.

See the way you just burst my brain with your point, you be correct guy.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Can only happen in SW, most of them are Cowards

So applying wisdom is cowards? Yorubas soldiers brought Biafrans soldiers to its knees.. Ask your elders...

BabaO2:
Edo no be Lagos, Lagos is too sophisticated and more dynamic than edo. Pedro revolted against the lagos apc machinery by contesting governorship under a different platform, samething with obanikoro and jimi agbaje, but they all regretted it and came back to beg to be admitted back except agbaje. Ambode will live to regret it if he comes out under a different party.

Ambode wouldn't gamble it. Remember his case in the state assembly. The assembly men were asked to soft-pedal.

Tareq1105:


It's easy to talk after all talk is cheap.

If he had balls, let him show it.

christistruth01:



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/01/pdp-members-defect-to-apc-in-edo/amp/


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/465276-edo-pdp-chairman-suspended-after-criticising-governor-obaseki.html

You said that he sacked them, and you are bringing links of when the chairman was suspended. He has since been reinstated.
When did suspension and dismissal become related terms?
No matter how you attempt to twist it, a lie is a lie. It costs nothing to admit when you're wrong about anything.
Have a good night rest if you are comfortable with lying.

APC must remain in Lagos and all Yoruba states, PDP have no sense of leadership, no vision and ambition. The only people that want APC out of Lagos are the non yorubas who wants to turn Lagos to a no mans land. PDP is filled up with fake and half yorubas who do not have the interest of yorubaland at heart. If ambode knows what is good for him, he should stay away from politics because PDP will push him to his grave.

rippa:

Well it was the same oshiomole that hand picked obaseki against all odds. Obaseki never won his first election but was imposed on the people by oshiomole and APC. Edo people nor dey take rubbish. Obaseki election was a statement that godfatherism won't work in the state. Whether he is performing or not, it's a different topic. I followed the 2016 election, immediately Obaseki was declared winner, there were protest all over the state because people voted ize-iyamu. But the ize iyamu miscalculated by dumping PDP to APC, he would have been the Gov.

You forgot that Ize Iyamu was the founder of the Edo State chapter of the AC which would later metamorphose to ACN and to APC. The mistake Iyamu actually made was to ever leave the ACN for PDP in the build up to 2016 election. Again, the very fact that Obaseki's margin of victory over him was slim in 2020 validates the arguement that his complacency which made him leave too many stones unturned about the 2020 election cost him his victory which was all too obvious for being a grassrooter.
It can't really be said that the choice of Obaseki amounted to Edo people issuing a statement against godfatherism because; firstly Obaseki's votes where not overwhelming as the margin was too slim. Secondly, those who made up the slight margin fell for innocently for the rather puerile campaign that he was being asked to share the state's resources....a claim which is now known and acknowledged to be a fraud as he himself has since reelection not been able to account for the revenues which have been accruing to the state from both IGR and Federal Allocation.

rippa:

Whether dey enjoy him or not it's not the topic. Face the topic. Nobody dares tell Edo people what to do. Have u ever encountered an Edo man? We nor send anybody.

I am from Edo State and your assertion is watered down by the fact that in 2003 election Lucky Igbinedion's biological father publicly declared that his son failed woefully yet added that he had however paid for the Governorship seat hence no one should attempt wrestling a second term from his son. What could Edo people do other than voting for Lucky Igbinedion this time more overwhelmingly for him for a second term?
While I agree that there is in the average Edo man that gene of resistance to undue control, I would also say that the gene in question has become very recessive and now heavily influenced by sentiments combined with partial ignorance especially among Edo youths of age 30 and below. Is Obaseki not currently ruling like Adolf Hitler? He has demolished the Central Library for a shopping mall, demolished General Hospital for a motor park, sold Edo Line building in Portharcourt for N4.5bn, hoarded palliatives during COVID-19 period, etc and not even a single demonstration has been staged anywhere in Edo State.

I do not support Godfather in politics but Ambode messed up while he was a Governor. Many people just because of hatred for Tinubu (who I will never vote for) shut their eyes to the obvious and decide to support someone who isn't fit.

A very good case study was waste management in Lagos State where Lagos turned to dump site. This occurred because of Ambode. He wanted everything to be by him and him alone. An existing system is working, the best you can do is to upgrade it to perform better and not to destroy that system for a new fresh idea that has never been test runned before.

Go to the secretariat back then and see how he made many redundant. Everything must be from him. Being a governor does not mean you should be carried away by the position.

We criticise Tinubu but forget that Fashola was once a Governor and he did 2 tenures. How do you think he achieved this? Of course, he had many supporters who wanted him to continue even when the Godfather wanted otherwise. What happened to Ambode? Where were his supporters? Ambode created more enemies than friends and he paid for this by loosing second term bid.

nextstep:
Edo nor be Lagos.

But we can't compare the power and pedigree Tinubu wields in Lagos vs Oshiomole who inspite of being NLC leader and governor, didn't really build deep loyalty.

You just took it out of my mouth. Oshiomhole didn't build a deep and broadbased loyalty across the state, else Obaseki wouldn't have had such level of sympathy votes. For example during Oshiomhole's time as Edo State governor, he embarked on very fundamentally impactful infrastructural projects, but in doing so he discriminated against some LGAs and communities on the excuse that they didn't vote for him but his contenders in the PDP which couldn't do any single project in their communities. While he logically and philosophically had a good point by that, he forgot that politics is not an endeavor that runs strictly on logic and deep thought but on constitutional provisions. Such communities he neglected in vengeance for always voting for the PDP which failed them left in them a bitter heart which propelled them too to cut their pound of flesh by voting for Obaseki's reelection even though they knew that neither Obaseki would look into their plight of neglect. On the contrary, Tinubu didn't discriminate in Lagos and justify it with any arguement hence he is accepted and cherished across all parts of Lagos.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Can only happen in SW, most of them are Cowards

What some of you mistake as cowardice as regards SW people is their value system which abhors ingratitude and affront to benefactors. Recall how Yorubas, in thier abhorrence of Akintola's effrontery against Awolowo their revered leader, set Nigeria on fire which culminated in the fall of the First Republic? Similarly, some of them never forgave Abiola for ever working against Awolowo. So how do you term such people cowards? It is at the core of their value system that it is wrong for a beneficiary to later have the guts to raise his shoulders against his benefactor.
Even Northerners hate ingratitude and arrogance same way, and ideally that is how it should be.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Can only happen in SW, most of them are Cowards

False!

How many regions has a politician with a political weight like Tinubu?

The entire South East and South South has none like him. He has built a political empire with loyal and dedicated followers.

Kwankwanso has that kinda force too. But Tinubu is a force. To knock him off, you will be fighting an army.

His tentacles go far deep into the grass root.

That guy got it!

brownemmanuel43:
Whether having ball or not, all we care for is good governance.
Back to d topic, Edo no bi Lagos true true, an average westerner no get liver, mind and boldness. West wey go respect agboro pass a professor.
West wey dey talk behind someone

your ojukwu had so much liver he started a war, wasted millions of igbo souls and ran away to ivory coast when he was defeated. Abiola NEVER ran away from Abacha

Edo can never be LAGOS, graagraa no open door, check out AMBODES future and later compare with your that aggressive animal. Aggressiveness is not welcome in a modern world. REASONS THE WESTERN WORLD REMAIN GREAT. Smartness does it.

Anazp:
your ojukwu had so much liver he started a war, wasted millions of igbo souls and ran away to ivory coast when he was defeated. Abiola NEVER ran away from Abacha

Lolsssssss, even an old man in d West knows that, that's why West prefer filee than engaging someone.
West gat no boldness to confront an issue or somebody. I hv worked with them, I know them very well

Tochi3:
Obaseki comes from a Region with the genes of boldness imbibed in their DNA. History is awash.

Ambode comes from another Part of the World historically so where servitude is highly celebrated for chieftaincy titles and erroneously misconstrued as sophistication.

Pls take note of the major difference

Your lamentations are already dead before
they arrive

Boldness that hasn't fetched the people anything. Benin has been a regional capital since 1962, can you compare it with Kaduna or Enugu or Ibadan?

Anyways, you're one of those unthinking IPOB idiots.

Tochi3:
Obaseki comes from a Region with the genes of boldness imbibed in their DNA. History is awash.

Ambode comes from another Part of the World historically so where servitude is highly celebrated for chieftaincy titles and erroneously misconstrued as sophistication.

Pls take note of the major difference

Your lamentations are already dead before
they arrive

so why didn't Obaseki inaugurate the rest of the lawmakers ahead of his reelection if he's indeed brave? oponu


Ambode had no lawmakers to back, him, he stepped on many toes who could have defended him, even 55% of Lagosians don't like his isolated kind of politics hence his defeat



Ambode should join PDP, he will still be disgrace