Ize-Iyamu didn’t make me gov — Oshiomhole
(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole has taken a swipe at the
Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Pastor Osagie
Ize-Iyamu for claiming that he made him (Oshiomhole) the Governor, saying Ize
Iyamu did not even vote for him so he couldn’t have made him governor.
Speaking at a rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
at the Garrick Memorial College, Benin City, Thursday, Oshiomhole said Ize
Iyamu was in hiding from the EFCC on April 14 and so did not vote for him and
could not have made him Governor.
The Governor said Ize-Iyamu is wasting his time as the
people will reject him at the polls on September 10.
According to him, “Ize-Iyamu said he made me Governor in
2007. Check the records, on April 14 during my election, Ize-Iyamu was in
hiding. He did not vote. How can somebody who didn’t vote claim that he made me
Governor? There is no village in Nigeria that I will go and spend five minutes,
somebody will come out and say ‘na Comrade be dis’. We have worked for our
country, we’ve made our name, we are not tied to anybody’s apron strings. We
simply worked and fought for our people.
“When he begged me to make him the Director-General of my
campaign, he said I should not make Pius Odubu my running mate, but I declined
his request and with Odubu, we won the 18 local government areas.
“I didn’t appoint him into government because I didn’t want
him to mislead me as he misled Lucky Igbinedion. That is how we are able to
channel our resources in ways we have done, that today, Edo, whether you like
it or not can't be like before, it can only get better.
“On Saturday, September 10, we are going to celebrate one
man, one vote, because our power is defined by the quality of our message the
competence, credibility and pedigree of our messenger, Godwin Obaseki.
“Now the PDP is confused, they are not speaking on what they
are going to do because they are not capable of doing anything. They think the
Edo of today is like Edo of the past.
Here in Oredo, in our books, they built a new hospital, but
they took the money, they didn’t do it. In our books, they built all the roads,
they call them all kinds of name, but nothing on the ground. What are they
going to say, I don’t want to keep repeating, even Igbinedion, who was their
leader, took all Benin land and started collecting royalty. But I have
recovered the land for Edo people, I revoked their illegal land acquisition and
returned it to the people.
Ogbemudia came and did his very best and we can never forget
him, he did everywhere but in modesty, didn’t do the road to his own house. He
was a PDP leader and for 10 years, PDP did not do the road to his house. But in
appreciation of what he did for our state, we did all the roads around his
house, about sixteen of them and we put street lights.”
On his part, the APC gubernatorial candidate, Mr Godwin
Obaseki promised to build on the legacies of Governor Adams Oshiomhole and do
more for the people of the state.
He said: “the governor built schools, I will build more schools; the governor built roads, I will build more roads. I will build on his
achievements.”
He said the PDP candidate has nothing to offer the people,
saying “someone who has not worked before and whose only credential is to steal
cannot bring investments to the state.
“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.”
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