As the governorship election in Edo state draws near, the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has said the immediate past governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole alledgedly seeking a third term in office as the governor of Edo State
Shaibu said Oshiomhole is seeking third term through his candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Benjamin Atu, titled, ‘Oshiomhole seeking the third term as a governor through Ize-Iyamu,’ Saibu said the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress was seeking a third term by proxy.
The statement reads in parts “the truth is that Ize-Iyamu is merely a stooge. The real man seeking the governorship position is Adams Oshiomhole who has perfected the plan to betray democracy by seeking a third term in office. The price that Oshiomhole will pay for projecting Ize-Iyamu is an outright rejection.
“Oshiomhole is displaying blind compassion with a specific pledge to return the state to the path of backwardness with failed institutions where individuals will be more powerful than government institutions with an analogue system of operations. Technological development has since left Oshiomhole behind in the scheme of things.”
“The people of Edo State subscribed voluntarily to the principle of Obaseki because they have seen these principles at work all over the state. We cannot risk the future of Edo State with a man’s shrunken aspirations.
“Our campaign is based on the affirmation of what we have done and still capable of doing, by drawing our strength from the masses to deal with all our vulnerabilities,” he said.
