Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State
has dismissed the claim by the governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, that he was
instrumental to his election in 2007.
Oshiomhole spoke during a campaign rally
for the candidate of the All Progressives
Congress in the September 10 governorship
election, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, held at
Garrick Memorial College in Oredo Local
Government Area of the state.
He said contrary to Ize-Iyamu’s claim, the
PDP candidate did not exercise his right to
vote because he was allegedly in hiding
from the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, adding that his (Oshiomhole)
credentials spoke for him.
The governor said, “Check the records; on
April 14, during my election, Ize-Iyamu was
in hiding from the EFCC. How can somebody
who didn’t vote claim that he made me?
“We have worked for our country. We made
our name; we are not tied to anybody. We
simply worked and fought poverty and
fought for the people.”
Oshiomhole also noted that his
administration would continue to promote
the welfare of workers and would pay
pension arrears before the end of his tenure
in November.
He, therefore, urged the voters to “liquidate”
the political structure of the PDP with their
Permanent Voter Cards in September.
Earlier, Obaseki promised to build on the
legacy of his predecessor in several sectors
of the state’s economy, using his wealth of
experience in financial management and
governance.
“I have a divine responsibility to develop
Edo State and I will live up to that
responsibility by the grace of God. We will
not allow them return and loot our state
again,” he added.
Meanwhile, a former aspirant of the PDP for
the September poll, Chief Solomon Edebiri,
has confirmed his withdrawal of membership
from the party.
Speaking with journalists in Benin, Edebiri,
who was the candidate of the All Nigeria
Peoples Party in the 2012 governorship poll,
attributed his decision to what he described
as the “dishonesty of the party’s
leadership.”
The former aspirant, who lost out to Ize-
Iyamu in the primary election of the PDP
said, “What happened on June 20 was awful
and a complete negation of what democratic
tenet is all about.”
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