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415volt:
Na everybody dery write epistle on top Edo election.


Abeg make we hear word ooo

Then force you open the thread?when we they say Edo non be Lagos una think say we dey choke..So how far now?

GreenAgain:
It was a keenly contested race, considering the two major contenders who had been on opposing sides in 2016. This time, however, the stakes were seemingly higher. Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, who had enjoyed the support of Adams Oshiomhole, his predecessor, had been disqualified from contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while his major opponent, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who had flown the flag of PDP in 2016, became the APC governorship candidate. With the actors in play, anything was possible in the build-up to the September 19 election.

Although 14 political parties participated in the election, it was clear that it was a contest between the PDP and APC. Four years ago, APC had coasted to victory by a margin of more than 60,000 votes, and in 2020, it was clear to those who understood the stakes that Obaseki had a battle of sorts to win if he was to retain his seat as the number one man in the state. Interestingly, from Oshiomhole’s dramatic campaign, to the Edo versus Lagos godfather theatrics, and the “operation show your result”, going by the music in the air in the days before the election, among other factors, six individuals whose influence may have had significant impact in deciding the winner of the poll, served Obaseki well to grant Ize-Iyamu a loss that may have probably been avoidable.

OSHIOMHOLE — HE CALLED IZE-IYAMU ‘THIEF’ IN 2016

In another life, Oshiomhole may have been a successful marketer. His unique way with words is one for the history books. However, his “gift” contributed in no small feat to Ize-Iyamu’s loss considering what had played out in 2016. If anyone could be said to have made the most significant level of difference in how the election would eventually go, that person would be Oshiomhole, suspended chairman of the APC. He, however, turned out to be Ize-Iyamu’s albatross.

In the buildup to the 2016 governorship election in Edo, Oshiomhole didn’t mince words in expressing his disgust with Ize-Iyamu, at the expense of promoting Obaseki at the time.

“Do you know why he wants to be a governor – Ize-Iyamu wants to be a governor to get immunity to protect him from prosecution. Do you want to hand over Edo treasury to a thief? I’m a proud Kukuruku man, not the son of a cook, but we don’t take money for police, money meant for soldiers, money meant for defence to secure Christians in churches. Pastors are collecting it and sharing it to their party members,” Oshiomhole had said about Ize-Iyamu in July 2016.

As it is always said, in politics, there is no permanent friend or enemy. But the weight of the campaign of calumny traded by Oshiomhole against his now favourite (Ize-Iyamu) may not have been easily forgotten by most Edo voters as his sudden U-turn could not erase the scar he painted on the minds of the people. Therefore, Ize-Iyamu may have been fighting a lost battle.

BOLA TINUBU, THE DEMOCRAT

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the APC and former governor of Lagos state, may have thought he was sending a strong message to Edo people to shun the reelection of Obaseki, when he made a short video a few days to the election, saying Obaseki “does not deserve any democratic ballot paper”.

However, contrary to the expected outcome by APC, the video was trailed by large-scale criticism on and off social media, with many wondering why the APC leader seemed vested in the election outcome in Edo. And so did the #EdoNoBeLagos mantra gain more ground. The video may have been targeted at discrediting Obaseki, but it appeared to have only strengthened the resolve of Edo people on voting their choice candidate.

DESMOND ELLIOT, THE GODFATHER BENEFICIARY

Politics of godfatherism has featured prominently in the Nigerian political space. However, it appears Desmond Elliot, Nollywood actor and lawmaker representing Surulere at the Lagos state house of assembly, went too far in his attempt to sell an idea that there was nothing wrong in godfatherism.

Desmond Elliot had told Edo people there was nothing wrong in godfatherism
In his excitement to campaign for Ize-Iyamu, while trying to discredit the #EdoNoBeLagos slogan, he had said there was nothing wrong in godfatherism. And he didn’t stop there. He drank water from a bottle, got more comfortable in the red jacket he was wearing while being interviewed and pointed his hand to his chest, saying “I’m a product of godfatherism.” The statement served to only make the APC campaign even more questionable, as it seemed the party was indeed promoting the concept of godfatherism.

GANI AUDU, THE ‘UNKNOWN’ DEPUTY

Nigerian politics is one that favours popularity. The popularity of Gani Audu, the APC deputy governorship candidate, may have added little impact to his principal’s election compared to Philip Shaibu, Obaseki’s second-in-command. Although Audu and Shaibu are both from Etsako west local government area, and had both served in various capacities as government officials, serving as a deputy governor for four years was significant enough for Shaibu to sell key achievements of the administration to the people of Edo.

Gani Audu, Ize-Iyamu’s deputy, whose influence appeared to have little impact when compared to that of Philip Shaibu

Besides, Shaibu learnt well from Oshiomhole, with whom he was once very close. After all, there are only a few people in Nigeria who can pull off the NLC “khaki” aside from Oshiomhole and Shaibu. On the flip side, for Gani Audu, he seemed to just be a convenient way to balance the Christian-Muslim ticket for APC, as Desmond Elliot repeatedly pointed out when he kept saying “you have a pastor and an imam” as his way to campaign to the Edo people.

HOSA OKUNBOR

Hosa Okunbor, business mogul and philanthropist, is one of the many influential figures in Edo politics, and when he openly threw his weight behind Ize-Iyamu, it looked like Obaseki had another major threat to contend with.

Okunbor, in an interview, had boasted: “I would support Ize-Iyamu with my hard-earned money and people that know me know that when I believe in something, I can spend my last kobo to achieve it.”

“He (Ize-Iyamu) is lucky to have someone like me. When God wants to work, he will bring all together to work for your good.”

Okunbor, a former supporter of Obaseki, later fell out with the governor, accusing him of mismanaging the economy. But, as the results eventually proved, Okunbor’s money did little to secure victory for Ize-Iyamu.

TONY KABAKA — AND THE ‘LIONS AND TIGERS’

Tony Adun, better known as Tony Kabaka, former revenue collector for the state and strong supporter of Oshiomhole, didn’t give up on his derogatory campaign against Obaseki.

The feud was intensified after his multi-million naira hotel, T. Latifah Hotel and Suites, was demolished by the state government and an N18 million suit was slammed against him for logistics cost in bringing down the property.

Kabaka, who accused Obaseki of “forgetting himself”, may have believed that without his support and that of his principal (Oshiomhole), Obaseki would not have much in terms of influence that could swing the votes in his favour.

He pitched tent with Ize-Iyamu, his “awaiting excellency”, and was seen in a video introducing himself and the “lions and tigers from different local governments” who would work for the APC candidate in the election. In the same “lions and tigers video”, Ize-Iyamu had addressed the gathering, saying “your influence goes beyond one polling unit. You will do your units; you will move to other units….this election will be ‘operation show your result’, and that operation, I tell you, na many of una e go favour’.”

Ize-Iyamu’s posture in that video seemed to encourage flouting the code of conduct for peaceful elections, as he was encouraging his supporters to ignore the rules on restriction of movement. However, it appears the Edo people proved Kabaka and his cohorts otherwise, to show that even in the jungle, there is need for some sense of order in the interest of preserving the peace.


https://www.thecable.ng/desmond-elliot-okunbor-kabaka-those-who-unintentionally-ruined-ize-iyamus-chances

Mercy Johnson. That Nigerian actress that has confused name..

ODJ124:
coming soon...

Good,meaning akwa Ibo,a PDP state is leading your Lagos..

ODJ124:
is it tinubu that stopped their igr from getting to Its level..
so PDP will make Lagos Dubai of Africa... abi..
they should start from their states first..

Akwa IBO air..how about Lagos?

ODJ124:
Can the level of development in Lagos be compared to theirs.... ?
what is the special thing that they want to do.

Can Lagos igr be compared also to the states I mentioned? I don't know why you guys have this slave mentality.. What's wrong if Lagos become the Dubai of Nigeria?But you guys are OK with what you have..nawaoh

ODJ124:
mtcheew..

So that u will take it backwards abi....

though it can't even happen self..
tinubu maybe laughing at u guys self..

Is akwa IBO,Rivers and cross rivers l States going backwards? Free yourself from mental slavering.

TimeManager:
Osho baba will always have my respect all day every day. Sad that whenever a great leader goes through some rough patch, even those beneath him would have the guts to say all sorts. Buhari could have lost three times prior to 2015, does that make him irrelevant?. He brought Obaseki out of obscurity & for which he would forever be indebted to Oshiomole. Obaseki will never come close to Osho's political landmarks. When Obaseki ends his tenure, he would go back to being a school boy just like Peter Obi.

kiss the truth!

You just kissed the lie..

2gbasky22:
In just three months, the political career of Adams Oshiomhole has suffered a huge setback. Some political experts believe his career might have been reduced to rubble by no other person than the former Edo state governor himself.

Not so long after the court of appeal affirmed his sack as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he has been dislodged in Edo where he governed from 2008 to 2016.

The tussle with Godwin Obaseki whom he helped into power is one of his greatest undoing as he has not just lost political relevance in his stronghold but suffered a heavy blow. After he fell out with Obaseki, the APC executive committee in his ward in Etsako west local government suspended him. The APC chairmen in the 18 local government areas of the state also passed a vote of no confidence on him, accusing him of working against the party interest.

Although Oshiomhole appeared to have dismissed the suspension as a child’s play, it would later cost him his position as the national chairman of the party as a high court in Abuja suspended him on that basis.


Danlami Senchi, a judge, had ruled in March that it was wrong of the APC to have kept Oshiomhole as chairman after he was suspended by his state chapter of the party. The final attempt to get him back into the party’s hierarchy failed in June after the appellate court ruled there was no justifiable basis for an appeal against the court ruling suspending him.

In the heat of the crisis, the national working committee of the APC was dissolved and his loyalists lost control of the party.

While it appeared as if Obaseki was losing grounds ahead of the governorship election, considering how popular the APC had been in the state, Oshiomhole relocated to Benin where he became the face of the APC governorship campaign, with Osagie Ize-Iyamu as a spectator in his own game.


His authority as a two-term governor and a former national chairman was not in doubt. Some people had, in fact, likened him to the “almighty” Bola Tinubu who has remained powerful in Lagos despite leaving office as governor in 2007.

To all the ears that cared to listen, Oshiomhole boasted of how the APC will defeat Obaseki in the election and even apologised for “selling him” to Edo people as the best fit for governor in 2016.

But Obaseki who wanted to beat the master in his own game appealed to the people as the “Edo No be Lagos” mantra resonated among the electorate.

In the closing days of his campaign, Obaseki boasted to his supporters in Oredo local government which eventually gave him 43,498 votes, the highest in the election, that having dealt with Oshiomhole at the national level of APC, the next target was to bury him politically.

“This election is a contest with Oshiomhole. We have dealt with him at the national level, we will bury him politically in this election,” he had said.

Well, the elections are now over and it has become clear that the voters trounced godfatherism. So, what’s next for Oshiomhole? Reconcile with Obaseki to regain relevance in the state’s political stage, like the average Nigerian politician, or return to the labour union as the comrade he used to be?

Oshiomhole is a tailor. He has a hand work to fail back to...

I will even try and see how I can patronize him.

Hahahah,his days as godfather will soon come to an end.

Maxymilliano:
He is yet to get over the political shellacking of a lifetime he just suffered in the hands of his estrange godson.

He underated the power of a sitting governor..

donbachi:
I just spoke with his wife..she said her husband's condition is one she cannot explain.dat he only complained of headache,weakness and loss of apettite.

lol..let's pray he get well soon..

After the Edo State election I have been waiting to hear from the 2 lords we have in Nigeria. I mean the men that decides the faiths of every governor.. I am talking about Oshio baba and

The god on the other side that said he suffered to bring about democracy in Nigeria..

Pls has anyone heard from them?

candidbabe:
Ghana dealing with the so called giant of Africa.

But their president came down to meet the giant of Africa.. See ur mouth,who be Ghana to deal with Nigeria.

Preciousgirl:
Taste and see

Taste and see what?The same food that almost made me throw up?

ubongutioh:
The former governor of Ekiti State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Fayose did not mince words in his reaction to the victory recorded by his party in the just-concluded Edo State governorship election.

After congratulating the leadership of PDP and the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on his reelection, Mr. Fayose reminded the latter that he was rescued by PDP, adding that he should not leave the party.

READ MORE: https://firstreportsonline.com/fayose-to-obaseki-pdp-rescued-you-dont-forsake-party/

This fool should shut up.

superlightning:
Suck it up....eat the humble pie. What if APC was declared winner? what would have been your reaction?

o,he has always supported obaseki.He didn't campaigned for iyamu..he even said APC does not have a candidate in Edo state.

danielconstant:
Any APC member reviews any party membership is not allowed... Everybody stay where you are..

Oshopikin political rating

Anslem ojezua belongs yo Obaseki faction. So he remained there to cause problem for APC.. He is welcome to PDP

Jesse98:
nairalanders.... pls help me with the best remedy to cure eczema..... Its just coming back for more than 6 years... tried many things but eczema on my back is giving me sleepless night...

Tecmosor soap will help..I am not sure I spell the name correctly. But go to the chemist and ask for it..under one week your problem is solved.

Wiseandtrue:
The victory and celebrations of the just concluded election will not be complete without mentioning the names of the heroes.

They are:
1. The USA government, Donald Trump "banning" politicians who rigged elections was timely and precise.

2. Like it or not Buhari for not having ear infection this time around. There was less complain about the heavy presence of the Nigerian Army

3. Wike: Wike is synonymous to victory! Wike is roughed

4. Obaseki: each time I remember the emergency repair he carried out on the state assembly hall I the guy get brain!!!

5. Shuaib: May he be surrounded with people loyal!!! He became a force to reckon with, he played his part and they won the battle and the war!

6. Edo People: Despite the fear associated with elections in Nigeria especially since the inception of APC, Edo people defiled all odd to bring an end to godfatherism

7. Lastly Nigerians via social media who keyed into "Edo no be Lagos", they became their brothers keeper Edo election see Nigerians coming together for a common goal to put an end to godfatherism

Congratulations to all of us. May our enemies not see our end!

lalasticlala seun

Where are the 17 factional Edo state assembly law breakers? I have not heard from them recently.

doggedfighter:
Those people can make your life miserable if you leave their cult. Nice one from Belgium.

OK so your father is a cultist?Thanks for telling us.

IkwerrePikin:
When Tinubu spoke concerning Edo election, people were saying that is the end of Obaseki.

But i told them, you don’t know Wike the real Niger delta man. He does not lose any political battle because he will follow you bomber to bomber!


The moment Gov Obaseki met with Gov. Wike in Port harcourt, i knew that is the end of APC in Edo state.

If you want to win any election democratically, make Gov. Wike your campaign manager and thank me later!

Nan Edo people vote,nan wike you dey Honor. Wetin dey worry you?

3Ebisco:
As the dusts on the controversial legalization of homosexuality in Ghana seems to have settled, a picture has once again resurrected the topic

Pictures showing yet to be identified Ghanaian lesbians tying the knot has gone viral.

Unconfirmed reports suggests that the two love birds got married in a private ceremony in Holland.

One of the pictures show the ladies beautifully dressed in Ghanaian made kente while another also show the ladies dressed in their white wedding apparel.

Many have criticised the ladies for embarrassing the the nation outside the shores of Ghana.

The discussion on homosexuality became very prominent in recent times after president Akufo Addo in an interview with Al Jazeera news opined that Ghana may legalize homosexuality should there be strong demand for it.

https://www.mcebiscoo.com/nigerian-lesbians-wed-photos-from-the-wedding-ceremony-see-here/

They ate Ghanaians,correct that
title you fool

Edo lead,other fellow. Edo The pace setter

ghetokid1:
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Osho just left our group.

chieveboy:
I give it to Wike, even from 'quarantine' mercilessly dealing with Ganduje.
The Wike incidence was so demeaning of the people we have as leaders in Nigeria.

#YouDontMessWithWike!

Make una stop this wike thing..Edo have spoken not wike.

FromZeroToHero:
Obaseki has won 12 out of the 16 LGA's announced so far with a margin of 80,554 votes.

What's delaying the other 2 local government? I understand they are trying to change the result.

aremuforlife:
Corporate to do what exactly?
Can you tell me any state doing better than Lagos state in Nigeria?

So myopic being..And who told you Lagos can't do better than it's presently doing? What's wrong if Lagos is like Dubai?continue as licking OK?

MrGoood:
Try again next time, After Obaseki, Shaibu Must do, Then after that I can consider pastor but for now it’s either Obaseki or nobody.

wetin you dey talk?so when will Esan man do?

IJOBA2:
SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WIKE AND OUR AMIABLE SHIAMAN GIADOM THAT STARTED IT ALL.


4+4 TORGBA!

You win not thank we the Edo state indigenes?

Viktom:
Correction: Esan South-East (as announced by INEC)

APC – 9,237
PDP – 10,563

Who gave 9,237 to APC in my local government? FCK them

adioolayi:
I hope all technicalities are covered....Osun comes to mind. We should remember how they overturn that defeat.....Check cancelled votes , cancelled units and all...don't dull for "inconclusive" grammar

I feel it's won't happen in Edo..Because results were announced at the poling units,and PDP have the record with them.

AroleOduduwa2:
For those saying shame on Ambode. Obaseki was able to challenge because his inner circle are behind him and he also have some old dogs who want Oshiomole reign to end. Ambode had no such support, even his deputy was against him for whatever reason. In my opinion he did the right thing by bowing out. If he decamp like Obaseki, he would have lost too because most lagosian are still sympathetic to Jagaban, my uncle for instance would vote apc at state level and Pdp at federal level, same with his friends. When you engage this old men why they are still sympathetic to Jagaban, they will tell you he’s a true democrat and idealistic, Lagos will remain in Jagaban’s pocket until the set of these old men are incapable of voting.

You made a good point.. But this old men needs total reorientation... But I believe this Edo state election will go a long way to change the Lagos narrative.