Former Political Adviser to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Mr. Charles Idahosa, has said it was wrong for some politicians to say Governor Godwin Obaseki is being ungrateful to Oshiomhole for making him Edo Governor in 2016.<\/p>\n
Idahosa said Oshiomhole first emerged Governor through the support of Obaseki and that the emergence of Obaseki was one good turn deserve another.<\/p>\n
He stated that Obaseki mobilised hundreds of millions of naira for Oshiomhole ahead of the 2007 governorship election.<\/p>\n
Speaking to newsmen in B\u00e9nin City, Idahosa said it was Chief Oseni Elama that facilitated Oshiomhole\u2019s meeting with Obaseki before he (Oshiomhole) became Governor of Edo State.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do know that they met before Oshiomhole became the governor and I have it on proper record that Chief Osene Elamah made the meeting possible. He took Oshiomhole to Obaseki while he was looking to the governorship. Obaseki brought all the people to do a launching of what I will call the seed money, hundreds of millions of naira to pursue his governorship, coincidentally against me because I ran that ticket with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it hurts me when I hear Oshiomhole helped him. Who helped each other first? Captain Hosa Okunbo, Tunde Ayeni are the people that packaged these things together. He Oshiomhole had no dime. After Obaseki raised this money for him, the Igbinedions, Osagie Ize-Iyamu all moved in to put in their money.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo this story that he made Obaseki is not true. Obaseki made him and when he won Obaseki gave him a blueprint on how he will run Edo state he couldn\u2019t understand the blueprint and he pleaded with him to come and be the chairman of his Economic Team so that he can run the state.<\/p>\n
Idahosa, a former Commissioner for Information and Orientation, also warned that the APC risked extinction in the state if Governor Obaseki is forced out of the party.<\/p>\n
Idahosa who reiterated his call for the resignation of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said the way out of the Edo Assembly crisis was for the 15 lawmakers-elect to comply with the party\u2019s directive on zoning of leadership in the Assembly.<\/p>\n
Idahosa stated that if party supremacy worked for the National Assembly, it should also work in the state.<\/p>\n
He warned that many APC leaders would join Obaseki to other political parties if the need arises.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cOshiomhole should resign and stop embarrassing Edo people and the rest of Nigerians. For a National Chairman of a party to lose five states is an insult to our sensibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cObaseki won all the 24 seats in the Assembly but Oshiomhole media aides gave the credit to Oshiomhole.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are harassing Obaseki so that progress in the state can stop. Nobody has told us what Obaseki has done. Everybody is pretending not to know what is going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Political Adviser to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Mr. Charles Idahosa, has said it was wrong for some politicians to say Governor Godwin Obaseki is being ungrateful to Oshiomhole for making him Edo Governor in 2016. Idahosa said Oshiomhole first emerged Governor through the support of Obaseki and that the emergence of Obaseki was one good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":12844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,694,697,376],"class_list":["post-12841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-edo-state","tag-obaseki","tag-oshiomhole"],"yoast_head":"\n