Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says Bola Tinubu, national
leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cannot extend his political
empire to the state.
Tinubu had asked voters in the state to reject Obaseki, the
state governor who is seeking reelection in the Saturday governorship poll.
Speaking through Crusoe Osagie, his special adviser on
media, in a statement on Tuesday, Obaseki said Edo voters are determined to end
godfatherism in the state.
“Our attention has been drawn to a television broadcast in
which a former Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his quest to extend his political
dominance and empire to Edo State, decided to take over the role of Edo people
to choose through the ballot who to govern them for the next four years,” he
said.
“It has become obvious that the spirited fight which Edo
people have put up against godfatherism has sent tremors beyond the shores of
Edo to the likes of Tinubu, who has for years sustained a stranglehold on Lagos
and other states in South Western Nigeria, hence this desperate, last ditch
effort to rescue the unproductive political instrument, now popularly referred
to as godfatherism, with which he has feathered his nest and built his
political empire at the expense of the people.
“Tinubu knows clearly that come September 19, when
godfatherism would have been dismantled in Edo State, the people of Lagos may
just have found the recipe and formula for removing the chokehold placed on
their collective destinies for decades by Tinubu, hence the inciting television
broadcast.
“He should take note that Edo people do not yield their
will, liberty and power of choice to oppressive figures because they are
perceived to have economic and political means. Like one of the great sons of
Edo, former Governor and former National Chairman of the APC, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, recently said, our people do not give in to ‘primitive
loyalties.’ We always chase noble causes and a little study of our history,
should show Tinubu the indomitable spirit of the Edo person.
“Edo stands in the heart of the old Midwestern Region, which
was the only region created through plebiscite, which underscores our capacity
to determine our destiny as a people. The blood which ran in the veins of the
leaders of that time is still the same that runs in the vein of the leaders of
Edo State today.”
Obaseki asked residents of the state to disregard Tinubu’s
comment and cast their vote for him.
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