...Says Gov Obaseki lost his ward, senatorial district in the Presidential election

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has reacted to comments by governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his deputy Philip Shaibu, that he (Oshiomhole) taught them all they are executing today in the state including the fight against godfatherism.

Oshiomhole who reacted in a television programme weekend said he never thought them violence being exhibited today in the state and losing elections because “I have always been a winner”.

According to him, “I have read them several saying that I thought them all they are doing today. This is laughable because I never thought them how to lose elections. As we speak today, the governor (Obaseki) lost his ward, Local Government and senatorial district in the last Presidential election. As we speak, the governor is being represented by the PDP in his Federal constituency and senatorial district. These in my view were early morning signals about need to change tactics., stop threatening people, saying you will crush, who are you crushing?

“But I won my entire senatorial district for Mr President and I am being represented by an APC senator and House of Representatives. Then his Deputy Philip, in Jattu where he comes from, in his polling booth where he and his family voted, Philip Shaibu lost. He lost his booth during his own governorship election in which he was standing as Deputy governorship candidate. So if he learnt from me, he should have learnt well because I never lost election in my village.

“There is nobody in my village who can work against me because when I go home I relate with them, I am an ordinary man. You see when you have power and you don’t use it you are even more powerful. And you must know when to talk tough and when to talk soft. When I am in my village I am just like an ordinary man. I argue and play with my people. The only man that was doing PDP in my village, the youths said how can he be doing PDP but I said no, you have to persuade him to join us.

“And today that young man is one of my PAs. So he (Philip) is one of my very poor students, Kakhi is not a lesson and fighters must be tactful and strategic. No sensible man will fight people who vote for them. Those they are fighting now, some of them delivered 95 per cent of the votes in their units while they lost their own areas” he said.

Regretting that Governor Obaseki and his deputy have unleashed mayhem on APC members in Edo state, Oshiomhole narrated that “Even a professional fighter you choose your fight. The other day when Shaibu led thugs to my village with Okada riders and he said during my court case Okada people were following us. It shows how poorly he can interpret situations. Did we ever use Okada riders to intimidate ACN elements then, never.

“And those Okada riders were not hired by me, they bought into my vision. They have heard of me as President of NLC and on that basis they all voted for me, so when I was rigged out they took the fight to the PDP. The problem is that Philip does not know the difference between family disagreement that can be settled through conversation and political opponents that need to be fought and defeated. But even my language is defeat my opponent and not crush my party members.

“It is only Philip and his boss that talks about crushing APC members. If you become a crushing machine and God enable you to crush your people who will you govern assuming you win. When elections start between us and PDP unleash that energy, you cannot possibly be making electoral sense by using your office or position to attack, brutalize and intimidate and even lie against your party members. And all I have tried to do is to tell him (Obaseki) that you will never have a political party that looks like a golf course.

“A political party is like a forest, in that forest you have many animals. The politician is the guy who goes into this forest, knowing fully well that all the dangerous animals are there but he is going for the antelope or the grass cutter which he wants to use to feed his family. He goes there get his antelope or grass cutter home and feast without being crashed.

“So the minimum requirement of political leadership is to be able to deal with all kinds of characters, use them to get what you want. And I said to him, you have to manage these people because for me as long as they deliver their units on the day of election you have to manage them. In my first term election when I don’t know the politicians too well, I won Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba Okhai, we were only rigged out in Ovia and Orhiomwon in 2007.

“It is those Benin votes and the small we got from Edo North that we used to defend my mandate in court. Look at the way they humiliated Ogbemudia’s daughter for refusing to abuse me, the woman only said I cannot abuse Comrade rather as a mother I will join hands to settle the dispute between you people. But they said they don’t want settlement they want to crush. Three days later they crushed the woman by suspending her as chairman of Egor Local Government.

“So it is a pity that they don’t know the difference between internal contestation and internal mechanism for resolving them and fighting the opposition. Killing is out of the kind of politics we practice, maiming is out of it. Now I told him Mr governor, with all the reservation people, were raising, talking about history, we convinced them to support you and it worked for you and you got elected, even if the margin of defeat was not as much as my own, but they worked for you.

“Then why do you now want to distort the system by creating so-called new political structure, is there a structural defect? He said he will retire all the politicians but I said to him will you retire somebody you did not hire. Most of these politicians I met them in the business. I have to go to their houses to convince them I want their support and when they give me that support I work hard to appreciate them. So if this is being foolish I want to remain foolish. As long as they work for me and Edo remain the only state in the South South that we have APC.

“The only thing I invested in defeating PDP in Edo state is my integrity and my capacity to persuade and mobilize. Politics is a leveler, people who are detained by their ego can’t make it in politics. And I do not know any political party where you don’t have disagreement but as leaders, all you need to do is to call them and explain yourself. If it happens they are right and you are wrong, you apologize. For me this remains the way to go calling everybody together. Not the clapping society where you selected those who praise you to high heaven” he stated.

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Lalasticlala

Invariably, you are saying they will get the second term

Isn't your district sizeably populated with "afonja" Muslims.Stop comparing both situations.

Oshiomole is a WISE MAN. You choose your fight wisely. By the way, what do I even know that I'm talking?

You obviously taught them how to disappoint godfathers like you

When student and teacher clashes

This game de sweet me Wella. Oshiomhole vs Obaseki, student vs teacher.

emeijeh:
Invariably, you are saying they will get the second term

stop reading only headlines.ready the content before making comments.
What he is saying is obaseki, and shuaibu re not a good student cos they lost elections in their domain .
Obaseki lost election to opposition in his consituency , obaseki constituency is been controlled by pdp senator and house of reps. While shuaibu lost his pooling booth.

While he oshomole delivered his consituency edo north which is controlled by apc senator and house of reps.

In essence he is saying obaseki and shuaibu re gooners

Obaseki and Shuaibu are just dancing naked in the market square.
A governor who could not win his ward is that one a governor? Why is Obaseki afraid of primaries. If he is popular like he says he is let him go for primaries. Paper weight governor with social media electorate.

Very true. U didn't teach dem how loose but how to use Tony Kabaka 2 rig election.

Pa Oshemole talks to much. However, the governor should also allow the part conduct primary if he believes he is the candidate to beat in the upcoming election

I'm indifferent... Oshiomole, Obaseki are not on the levels of progressive Leaders.

Their Media fights is a definition of Politricks aka Stomach Infrastructure.

Nothing to celebrate about them both.

Osho bàbà.. Pdp has 0 in his polling unit rugged man

You taught them how to #RIG

Do or die statement right there, you can't win every time... jeez!

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Izzyovercomer:
This game de sweet me Wella. Oshiomhole vs Obaseki, student vs teacher.

Mourinho vs Lampard

Osidazz19:


Nairaland needs to ban these brainwashed ipob Christian retards.

This will be one of the legacies of major general buhari rtd when he leaves,a divided Nigeria,comments like this are a reflection of the unfortunate situation Nigeria now found it self,no nation profits from such except the protagonist

Oshiomole My Nigga

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This man is a Star

Cow!

Never outshine the master!!

tartar9:
Isn't your district sizeably populated with "afonja" Muslims.Stop comparing both situations.

Afonja Muslims have destroyed this poster's life forever. That is why he will wail forever

Too much talk

I'm beginning to love this man ..

I love his character and his doggedness....
Continue your good job.... You cannot fight the people and win...
Never!!