Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north, says Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, will turn into politically irrelevant following the end result of the September 21 governorship election.
The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as winner of the Edo governorship ballot with 291,667 votes.
Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP) who was Obaseki’s anointed candidate, polled second with 247,274 votes.
Talking on Monday on ‘Politics Right now’, a programme on Channels Tv, Oshiomhole stated Ighodalo’s loss ought to sound the dying knell on Obaseki’s political profession.
The previous governor of Edo additionally faulted Obaseki for visiting the INEC workplace in Benin Metropolis within the wee hours of Sunday, because the fee ready to start collation of outcomes.
“I used to be a governor. As soon as I end voting, if I like I’d wait on the polling sales space for a bit, chat with individuals after which I am going house. If I discover that my look is attracting extra consideration, I simply quietly head house,” Oshiomhole stated.
“How can a sitting governor go to a collation centre? To intimidate or probably affect the outcomes or to vary the outcomes? What was he doing there? How can a governor go to a collation centre when collation is occurring?”
Obaseki had stated his mission to the INEC workplace was to seek out out why the electoral umpire had not commenced collation.
Oshiomhole additionally criticised the outgoing governor for labelling the election a “do-or-die affair” days earlier than the polls.
“Obaseki stated the election was a do-or-die affair. He instructed you that right here. He insisted. Now, the individuals have executed it, he’s lifeless,” the senator stated.
“Now the individuals have executed it, I suppose he’s politically lifeless. I do know so. The decision is out.”
‘OKPEBHOLO COMMUNICATED WITH ELECTORATE’
Oshiomhole additionally stated Okpebholo shouldn’t be judged on the idea of his incapability to speak in fluent English.
The governor-elect shunned a handful of tv invites earlier than the election, with many usually referencing his smattering English on the marketing campaign path.
“So, in the event you can communicate good grammar since you sit on a board, no person knew the way you turned a board chairman… Edo individuals have spoken,” he added.
“When a person goes to a village and speaks his dialect, he has extra influence on these communities than if you communicate excessive profile English that if you end, individuals will ask ‘what did he say’?
“Monday communicated with the Edo voters and it labored.
“The error you TV hosts make — a lot of you — is to imagine that anybody who doesn’t seem earlier than you… you exaggerate the significance of tv viewers.”
Oshiomhole additionally described the governorship ballot as “free and honest”.
