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emkz:
(7) 16 members of Edo State House of Assembly: they were denied taking their seats by Governor Obaseki over their alleged loyalty to Obaseki's political foe, Adams Oshiomole. They'd be smiling that Obaseki’s candidate was defeated.

How do you explain a sitting governor denying duly elected lawmakers their seats?

Is it even possible in a democracy?

Edo now nah lagos BQ...

If you be Edo. APC done show unah why Edo nah lagos boys quarters now

IFECHIGCON:
Rubbish thread

You think we don't know you a bitter loser? Keep out... Sore loser. You think Edo is stupid people like Eluupe supporters.

Rigging won the election not all this losers and gainers.

The loosers are the masses because APC will finish the state completely. A puppet has been installed and captured by the hyenas.

emkz:
No one is an empty skull. The media and the PDP underrated Okpebholo.

While Arise News was busy using their platforms and their anchors were using twitter to bully Okpebholo to come to their studio for interrogation, Okpebholo was campaigning vigorously to the grassroots. So let us ask this question:

How does media appearances influence the choice of voters?

The 2023 presidential elections demonstrated that the candidate who made the most media appearances came 3rd. Okpebholo's refusal to attend Arise News interview and still won is a demonstration that the Arise News and anchors propaganda blackmailing Okpebholo to come to their studios was bunkum.

Arise News is not relevant to influence political decisions of voters.

Yet fuel is a thousand plus per litre
Businesses are shutting down left,right and centre
Don't even get started on cost of living
The problem with you c*lowns is that you all think this is like football banter whereas this is real life where bad decisions affect everyone
Smh

Lanruze:
I carefully read this write-up / article depicting winners and vanquished in Edo Guber elections.

This result the author analysed is an obviously disputed result. Save yourself the long epistle sir and wait for the courts.

Even a person without sight, hearing and smell in Edo State will tell you that presumed winner was imposed on them.

The Political class needs to be circumspect & careful.

I worked partly in Edo State many years back. Those people are sophisticated and would resist imposition.

(1) When Tinubu asked them to vote against Obaseki in 2020, they voted for Obaseki because they were irritated that an outsider was instructing them how to vote.

(2) Don't ever go into dispute with their king or be seen to be undermining their king. He is a god to them. When Bobrisky entered Benin and made an unflattering comment against their king, Bini citizens ordered Bobrisky not to sleep in their state. The person who invited him had to beg and apologize because they were coming for her. Bobrisky had to leave.

(3) Do not ever insult anyone you consider inconsequential. If you undermine somebody, they'd gravitate towards the person just to spite you.

(4) If they don't like you, they won't hide it. If someone works against you when they don't like you, they won't fight for you. They are usually hospitable, and generally like people until you take them for granted.

(5) You say with finality that the results would be disputed. Do you know if PDP gathered evidence to upturn the election? Assuming one party did tricks, don't you think they'd cover their tracks? The best way to avoid these things is to have men on ground to ensure they blocked all the attempts. Unfortunately, Obaseki did not have politicians and grassroots men on ground to resist such moves. Even Omobayo Godwins, his deputy from Akoko Edo, was immobilized and Akoko Edo results took the sail off PDP.

So you are right results would be disputed. But what we don't know is if the petitioner can prove a case when he is fighting against veterans who started the game long before him.

Imagine this, assuming APC rigged, they entered your own backyard and rigged against you too?

The biggest losers are the people of Edo State. How an illiterate came to be imposed on them by supposed educated elite.

casualobserver:
Below is my post from August 27th. The problem with the educated Nigerians in the cities is
1) we don’t understand that we are a minority
2) the majority do not think like us at have the same needs and aspirations. But we always arrogantly assume the majority must think like we think and vote like we do…why? What does a man in the village who farms his own food and whose major focus is kerosene and borehole have in common with the man in the city who consumes foreign rice and other imported items?
3) APC win elections because they understand democracy is about the majority not the minority.
4) there is nowhere where democracy guarantees you the best candidate (whatever that means). All democracy is supposed to guarantee is the will of the people.

You are absolutely right!
This is what i observed during Buhari's re-election in 2018


https://www.nairaland.com/5049880/battleline-btw-educated-non-educated#76176690

deltateam:
How do you explain a sitting governor denying duly elected lawmakers their seats?

Is it even possible in a democracy?

Obaseki was power drunk.

He also never listened to appeals.

He brought all these on himself.

Akuruoulo:
U mofos will be claiming strong men online

You don't have to insult him, Cuz he never insulted you, just go and stone him to death if you can.

sammsimm:
Most Arise tv presenters are toxic, useless and partisan especially Rufai Oseni.

rufai oseni always feels like he knows everything. Foolish boy!

Someone should help me check on RUFAI OSENI, I need to be sure he is fine because hypertension is a killer disease

Nyesom Wike winning on all fronts.

immortalcrown:
Edo is now Lagos.

benuejosh:
Peter Obi and Aisha are the biggest loosers and also Davido.

and you are the winner......imagine people u r comparing your life with.....as if you are better than them, people that are made in life....nothing shake them...even the Obaseki, u would see him with APC people very soon...

The day Oba of Benin left his Palace to visit lagos governor that was the day the deal was done. All those talk of the son of Oba and that na side talk.

IFECHIGCON:
The situation of the country and you're still proud of being apc , y'all should be stone to death

Go and stone those who brought them into power first...since 2015.
When u people were shouting sai buhari up and down

emkz:
Winners and Losers of Edo 2024 Governorship Elections

WINNERS

(1) Monday Okebholo: relatively unknown, somewhat demure and allegedly uncharismatic, he beat all odds and attacks over his alleged inability to speak English to take his message to the grassroots without a single media interview apart from a 9 minute interview he granted to Helen Oyibo of BBC.

(2) Osagie Ize-Iyamu: he was one of the earliest supporters of Monday Okpebholo and had stepped down from the race.

(3) Legacy PDP: they had felt sidelined by Obaseki and rightfully might have worked against their own party.

(4) Nyesom Wike: Governor Obaseki had publicly maliciously announced that Nyesom Wike would contest the PDP 2023 presidential ticket, and added a threat, "we shall see". Obaseki had also taken out an advert to lambast Nyesom Wike after Wike had called on the PDP to discipline Philip Shaibu when Shaibu had threatened to leave the party because Shaibu felt the new PDP members were not integrated into the party. Wike had sarcastically asked Shaibu: "who is his father?"

In the advert Obaseki took to blast Wike, he said Edo State did not accept political bullies and overlords. When crises began in Edo PDP towards the 2024 Edo elections, Obaseki had clandestinely accused Wike and Dan Orbih of legacy PDP of supporting Shaibu to destablize Edo PDP. When Obaseki made overtures for reconciliation with Wike, Wike had told Obaseki he could not support Obaseki's candidate as Obaseki was not known to be loyal to those who had supported him in the past.

(5) Adams Oshiomole: against advise, Adams Oshiomole foisted Obaseki on his team as his potential successor. Obaseki was Oshiomole's bestman during his wedding to the Cape verdian model. WIthin two years, Obaseki started fighting Oshiomole, who is also a fighter. The genesis of their fight was Obaseki feeling powerless as chief executive of Edo state and Oshiomole controlling the strings, especially federal appoinbtments. Adams Oshiomole used his position as party chairman to deny Obaseki the APC ticket. Obaseki decamped to PDP along with Philip Shaibu. The PDP insisted Obaseki dropped Shaibu and allow them nominate a deputy to which Obaseki responded that if he didn't run with his deputy, they could keep their ticket. He was allosed to run with Shaibu and with the support of Nyesom Wike, other Niger Delta Governos and the governor’s forum, he won the election. The APC Governors felt Adams Oshiomole was being too powerful as he almost humiliated their colleague, and this was one of the reasons they engineered his removal as APC national chairman. After the defeat, Adams Oshiomole licked his wounds and resurfaced against Obaseki in 2024 by taking a prominent role in Monday Okpebholo's campaign, despite not supporting Okpebholo before the primaries.

Oshomole'd surely be smiling now that he has his pound of flesh against Obaseki.

(6) Philip Shaibu: He was hurriedly impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly and his replacement was announced and sworn in without due process. During his crises with Governor Obaseki intigated by Philip Shaibu's decision to contest as Obaseki’s successor, Obaseki chased him out of his office within government house premises and bulldozed the fence of his residence. Obaseki also publicly rebuffed Shaibu's advances in public twice. Shaibu went to court to challenge his impeachment and the court established that due process was not followed. With Shaibu’s reinstatement, he decamped to the APC and worked against the PDP candidate, perceived to be Obaseki’s pointman. Shaibu was seen in a video celebrating along with APC party stalwarts and attended theur campaign.

(7) 16 members of Edo State House of Assembly: they were denied taking their seats by Governor Obaseki over their alleged loyalty to Obaseki's political foe, Adams Oshiomole. They'd be smiling that Obaseki’s candidate was defeated.

(8 ) APC National Chairman/APC: On 29th August, 2024, Umar Ganduje, the APC National Chairman had said that the APC would capture Edo state along with southeast states. Feelers from some quarters had said his position as party chair was being challenged. The Edo victory gives him bragging rights.

(9) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: Some had argued that the Edo election results would be a litmus test of President Tinubu’s painful reforms acceptability. Now that the verdict is out, President Tinubu would heave a sigh of relief.

Honourable Mention:

(1) Dr Anugbum Omuoha, Edo State Resident Electoral Commission, Nyesom Wike's cousin, who was called on to INEC by PDP to be removed. INEC refused.

(2) DIG Frank Mba: the police security coordination was superb as vote buyers were arrested. DIG Mba also got Obaseki removed from the INEC state headquarters.

LOSERS

(1) Prince Emmanuel Odigie: famous for the phrase "daughter of zion Ayo" he directed at one of the anchors of the Arise News Morning Show, he had accused Monday Okpebholo of being unable to copy WASSCE answers in a special miracle center. He also accused Okpebholo of lacking the mental capacity to function at the global stage. He mooted the idea that the election would be rigged in favour of APC while President Tinubu would be out of the country. He remained in APC, rejected his appointment in the APC gubernatorial campaign council and made several media appearances against the APC candidate.

(2) Rufai Oseni, Reuben Abati and Ayo Maero Ese of Arise News: The duo of Rufai Oseni and Ayo Maero Ese had gone on twitter to insist Monday Okpebholo must present himself for an interview in their studio. This was the same card played by Rufai Oseni and Nduka Obaigbena against Tinubu to attend their debate and interview, which did not force the APC candidate's hand. Reuben Abati had said on their flagship Morning Show that they'd be willing to conduct the interview in pidgin or through an interpreter if Monday Okpebholo could not express himself in English language. Their permutations of controlling the tide in Edo elections have been punctured with APC's win.

(3) Governor Godwin Obaseki: Asue Ighodalo had the election on a platter, but for Governor Godwin Obaseki. All the enemies Obaseki managed to acquire for himself managed to coalesce and fight Obaseki. They were not against Asue Ighodalo per se, but wanted to take their pound of flesh from Obaseki.

(4) Asue Ighodalo: Asue Ighodalo left the comfort of his successful corporate board memberships to serve his people. He was well liked and well positioned for the win. He was confident and ran a well oiled campaign. All was going well until Obaseki got too involved and made controversial statements that damaged Asue's campaign. The threat of do or die and refusal to sign the peace accord did not behove well on Asue and Obaseki.

(5) Olumide Akpata: He was banking on the Peter Obi 2023 revolution which was not replicated in local elections.

Who we wanted to win at all costs:

The people of Edo State, and INEC. INEC needs to wake up. While polling unit results are being uploaded, also create a module in your collation software for results to be digitally entered, checked with the results sheets and create space to be ticked by the party agents and let the figures go to a central collation point. The media should be able to call election results based on these figures. This usual practice of talking results from wards to LGAS to the state collation centers is a Jega innovation. Ten years on, INEC is still doing things the old way.

Who we wanted to win at all costs: Wetin u write so?

The real losers are the people. How they still voted for APC beats my imagination.

The whole political parties in Nigeria should consolidate and form one formidable force against APC. Otherwise they will never win

MadeMan01:
The biggest losers are the people of Edo State. How an illiterate came to be imposed on them by supposed educated elite.

Who educated help
Tinubu no be educated?
The governor of your state no be educated?
Your senators and representative members and you?
What have you're brought??
No be hardship??
Educated are overrated, and when it comes to elections, uneducated have more say on the ballot paper, they are far more than u so called educated in numbers

Softmirror:
You go see how those people go rush enter Edo from their village follow night bus with ghana must go now that Edo is Lagos.

Dem no fit hear Lagos for ear make their pr!ck no stand like iroko tree.

Yes they are already coming. Dem a s s no dey sit for dem region.

Congratulations

Dpaulie:
Who educated help
Tinubu no be educated?
The governor of your state no be educated?
Your senators and representative members and you?
What have you're brought??
No be hardship??
Educated are overrated, and when it comes to elections, uneducated have more say on the ballot paper, they are far more than u so called educated in numbers

The irony of the composition of your post shows why IETLS should forever remain
God abeg😄😄😄

IFECHIGCON:
The situation of the country and you're still proud of being apc , y'all should be stone to death

nah to behead you stvpid ib0s first

Osun state should get ready
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

IFECHIGCON:
Only a person with empty skull will still vote apc I thought they will act like educated people

People are educated and they can differentiate between their right hands and left hands. This is governorship election, not presidential election. And, from councillorship to governorship, elections are local. They are tired of PDP and went for the alternative. It is only in South East you see people voting for one political party every four years even when they don't perform until recently that they got sense

Damilola0147:

No be lie at all. You also forgot to add say them go soon make all Edo people tenant for their land soon

While your Ibo land remains desolate and backward.

And no one lives there except ibos.
Even, ubiquitous investors like BUA, Dangote, Otedola avoid your land like a plague

Let’s talk about who will suffer what ever the outcome is. All the people mentioned here are okay. Who Dey chop the results of bad government

Pythagoras001:
Someone who does not understand his party enough to be able to have an interview or a debate won the election of cause the greatest looser are edo indigenes themselves. he should at least keep the per capita on other economic indicators were he would meet it which would be in itself be miraculous instead of taking edo state 8 years backward.

Why are you people like this?
The winner is a serving senator, for God
's sake!
This is a state election but outsiders come in to abuse indigenous people, call them names, try to teach them "things" about "true democracy". Amazingly from people who have abandoned their own lands for other, more welcoming,parts of the country.
That's the part I don't understand.

When it was time for Osagie Ize-Iyamu to become the Governor, he stepped down.

DesChyko:
In which position do we find Edo Citizens as outright winners and what they stood to gain? Nowhere. They only got a slight mention at the close.

Nine group of winners and none of them is the masses. It's a pity.

Even if PDP/LP had won... You can not categorically Edo citizens as winners or lossers. Not much diffence between APC/PDP/LP. Politics in Nigeria has never been about the people. Most politicians have no ideology or principles