The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate
for the Edo State election holding on Saturday, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has claimed
that the incumbent, Governor Godwin Obaseki, only donated N100,000 to Adams
Oshiomhole’s campaign in 2008.
Ize-Iyamu stated this on Sunday, during a governorship
debate organized by Channels Television.
Oshiomhole ruled Edo State from 2008 to 2016 and campaigned
for Obaseki in 2016, when he contested against Ize-Iyamu, who was the candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the time.
Obaseki claimed that Oshiomhole did not have money to
prosecute his ambition back in 2008, so he and some friends supported him.
“I put together plans for his administration and for eight
years, I worked pro bono to make him succeed,” Obaseki said.
But Ize-Iyamu dismissed the claims, saying Obaseki did not
have enough resources to influence Oshiomhole’s victory.
“When I heard that he claimed that he raised the money, I
laughed. And the first time I saw Oshiomhole after a long time, I asked him.
The reality is that the money Governor Obaseki brought for Oshiomhole’s
election, his own contribution was N100,000.
“We know how we raised money for Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s
election. So, I’m surprised that in public like this, we can continue with a
lie that was meant to dress you up for political acceptability,” Ize-Iyamu
said.
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