₦airaland Forum

Isokiscool:
Hahahaha.Who dash monkey banana,you think this presidential election where obi foolishly handed over presidency to Tinubu?It will take a miracle for Olumide to get 5k votes in the coming election.Asuen is our chosen one

Former Edo Deputy Governor Comrade Philip Shaibu has declared support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo September 21 poll Senator Monday Okpebholo.

He described the APC standard bearer as one of the two home boys among the 16 candidates.

The other home boy, he said, is the governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) Olumide Akpata, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).


He said the two home boys possess the characteristics to truly move Edo forward.

Shaibu, a former member of the House of Representatives, spoke with reporters at St. Paul Catholic Church on Airport Road, Benin during the Fathers’ Day celebration.

He described the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, a product of godfatherism, which, according to him, former Governor Senator Adams Oshiomhole fought against.


He said: “I will support a home boy. I came in to contest to be the Governor of Edo State, because I needed governance to return to a home boy, somebody who understands our plight, somebody who understands what the people are feeling. Even the United Nations talks about the NEEDS assessment.

“We do not want an outsider. We have experimented with an outsider, and it is not working. So, this time round, we want a homeboy. I came into the contest as a home boy, but today, we have only two home boys in the major political parties: one is in the LP, and the other is in APC. I decided to follow the home boy in the APC.


“Asue Ighodalo they are parading in the PDP is an outsider, and we have also agreed that no more godfatherism in Edo. The man PDP is parading is the godson of Governor Godwin Obaseki. There is no way a godson can be governor of Edo State again.


“I am a very good learner. Learning is what is most important in our lives. We must continue to learn till we die. Obaseki says everybody has the right to support whoever he wants to support, but he also forgets that he does not have the right to stop anybody from supporting whoever he wants to support. So, it is my right to also decide who I want to support.”

Shaibu, an ex-President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), also maintained that he cannot be accused of anti-party activity for supporting APC’s governorship candidate while he is still a member of the PDP.

He said: “It is not an anti-party activity. In the last election, Obaseki was one leg in LP, and the other leg in PDP. So, my decision cannot be described as anti-party activity.”


The former Edo Majority Leader maintained that APC’s Okpebholo, a grassroots politician, has the experience, capacity and capability to move the State to the next level.

He said: “Enough of English that takes us nowhere. We are talking about good governance. Okpebholo understands the plight of Edo residents. He who wears the shoe knows where it pinches. Asue Ighodalo, who has never voted in any election, how can he be seeking for our votes?

“Why are some people comparing Asue Ighodalo, a Lagos-based lawyer, with Okpebholo, a sitting senator (of Edo Central Senatorial District), who is really a home boy?


“When Olumide Akpata and Okpebholo get home to their people, they will speak their languages, unlike Asue Ighodalo.”

Bitterkola100:
in as much as i don't APC but defending obaseki is one of the most ridiculous things i have seen lately. Even his wife cannot defend him in public when it comes to performance.

Obaseki is not just a failure but the worse governor in the history of edo state.
If obaseki does not make the top three worse governor in the history of nigeria then its not legit.

The man succeeded in taking edo back to 1990s again with his lackluster performance.
Education zero, security zero, infrastructure zero, human capital dev zero.

He ruled almost half of the second term without cabinet.
The man wako no be small.
Just this afternoon my car was arrested by obaseki police for picking a friend along akpakpava rd, they left woth my 5k.
In edo history Sundays use to be free of these bastards thieves.

Objectivist04:
Tinubu's failure is more epic than that of Obaseki, Edolites are not buying beans 500 naira per cup because of Obaseki neither are they buying fuel 800 because Obaseki.
Obaseki is far better and more sound intellectually than Tinubu, a technocrat at that.
He remains the only person to warn Buharis administration against the danger of printing money indiscriminately, where was Tinubu and other APC then ?
I will be disappointed is APC gets up to 100k votes in Edo

NaMe4:
The report by the OP is quite misleading.

Akpata erroneously introduced himself as a son of the Palace.
The implication of that statement was that a member of the royal family was contesting for Governorship.

Oba, through one of his aides, had to initially clarify if a member of the royal family was contesting for governorship before correcting him in a fatherly manner and even reassuring him he is a true illustrious, indigenous son of the soil.

There was no form of warning or dismissiveness toward Akpata.

In this present day and level of human advancement. politics should be played with maturity, decorum and facts. And not attempting to disseminate misleading information.

Chinjo2:
This is a Political system.
Oshiomhole can never work for an incompetent candidate like Asue Ighodalo.

Objectivist04:
You mean edolite will vote APC upon this hardship ? If you think Tinubu's choking policy will not adversely affect APC candidates at sub national levels , then you are deceiving yourself. Nigerians are not zombie
Even if PDP campaigns well,they might take Ondo just that PDP is a useless opposition that doesn't know how to take advantage.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Obaseki only failed Apc supporters but Apc failed Nigerians

HIGHESTPOPORI:
You mean the wake and see Gov,he is only hated by Apc ,Edo people love and support him.As for salary,let Apc govs pay the 70k first,and Otti you are calling is not apc.umahi is not a gov,so you no get talk

HIGHESTPOPORI:
How did the incumbent Gov fail when he is even the only Gov paying 70k as minimum wage while other Apc govs can't pay above 60k,what did he fail in or you think Edo civil servants and people are foolish?

MrALIVE:
That APC candidate is the least qualified person to rule any state...I don't know how he became a senator in the first place...sounds so empty,can't even express himself.

Bendeco2020:
APC don't have support of the masses, they can't just depend on rigging when the incubent party is PDP, because incubent party will rig too

LP on the other hand is having issue with some of their Edo suppoters base on the candidate they field.

With all these, PDP is on advantage because most of Edo masses don't use ear to hear APC, no matter the candidate they field. Some aggrieved LP suppoters will just vote PDP

magoo10:
Mr sweeper why cant you help the cornfused apc sweep Nigeria out of inflation first.that should be the concern of any serious apc miscreant

Bendeco2020:
PDP will win Edo

Melagros:
COMRADES, is Oshiomhole serious?
Is it easy?

mrvitalis:
Preparing for election yet he lost Lagos had to rig in the most obvious way

Has his one year shown like the first year of someone who prepared for 24 years? Tell me

Sincerely are you proud you supported Tinubu

mrvitalis:
We did we presented the best candidate from South East.. He campaigned got voted but you bloody hypocritical elements rigged him out

mrvitalis:
No body wanted southern presidency
It was meant to be South East Presidency

gidgiddy:
Really? Most people in the SE don't know he even exists

Rexymania:
Igbo men only kneels down to greet some kings

BigYash:
Obi wan go make winning easy for Apc for Edo again. Ozuor!

EmperorCaesar:
Peter Obi has kneeled down more times to greet guys across all regions in the last 6months, than a random 18year old girl has kneeled to greet her parents all her life

His knees are hurting already

mrvitalis:
Slightly more?

South East has 5 ministers? South West 10

Lmaooo you yorubas are hypocritical too much

North Central had highest appointment under Buhari followed by South West then North West

You guys stop lying we have internet now

Nailly:
Itsekiri that cannot even full one local government of their own and is minority in each of the three Warri LGAs they are in.

mangood74:
This craze man again
What is ijaw population in ondo state
What is the ijaw population in Delta state
What is the ijaw population in Edo state
Ijaws are minorities in minority
They are visitors in Edo state they are not up to two villages
In ondo the same thing fishermen claiming landlord
I'm in Delta na itshekiri be your mate
Itshekiri has produced governor and ijaws are just making noise

mrvitalis:
Buhari was not this bad... He appointed mostly North 3 zones tinubu appointment has gone to one zone out of 6 mostly

Buhari appointment was even almost in 5 zones only South East was singled out

Bennycollins:
Based on what INEC presented right? But insiders know what happened. Tinubu himself, Wike, Mahmood Yakubu, Sanwoolu, Makinde, Akpabio, Ganduje, Oshiomhole, Dave Umahi, Ayade and so many others know what they did, even in some Northern states.
In my state APC didn't score up to 10k votes but 130k was announced for them. I saw the result posted for my PU and laughed.

Bennycollins:
The TRUTH is Obi was rigged out. Tinubu is a usurper, God knows it that is why Nigeria will NEVER be any better under Tinubu, who represent darkness for Nigeria.
Abuse me if you like, the truth is the truth.

Diligence:
Everyone knows Mr Peter Obi won the elections. EyeNeck & some politicians were so scared that they turned off the device so they could rig!

Check out Dele Farotimi's interview: Tinubu did NOT even make 25% in Lagos State; he was REJECTED RESOUNDINGLY in Lagos, FCT & Everywhere!

BATeria never won the presidential elections. He is illegitimate. He cannot perform on falsehood! Never!

Most importantly, the global business may not favour Nigeria because the WORLD DOES NOT TRUST Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They carried out Personality Profiling on him & it's not good at all! He came with Trust Deficit! People/Companies would divert their investments elsewhere!

franudi:
Yes, I voted for Obi. I believe majority of Nigerians voted for Obi.