Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu says former Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is covertly seeking a third term by backing Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
He stated this in a statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Benjamin Atu.
According to him, Ize-Iyamu is only a stooge through which Oshiomhole intends to continue ruling the state “as a governor”.
“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,” Shaibu said.
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He said the September 19 gubernatorial election was a vote for either policies of the heart by Governor Godwin Obaseki and policies of the head as currently being propagated by enemies of the state.
“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,” Shaibu added.