Adams Oshiomhole, suspended National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the loss of his party at the gubernatorial poll in Edo state.
Oshiomhole’s anointed candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu was defeated by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)
The former Labour leader disclosed he was moved to tears after he saw elderly women who inspite of the rain, came out en masse to cast their vote.
According to him, they were not discouraged despite the malfunctioning card readers.
The APC Stalwart made this known during an interview with Gee TV.
Oshiomhole’s said; “You know in life, you work hard and leave God for the outcome, you do your best and trust God to bless your effort,” he said.
“I feel good, I feel healthy thank God, I feel strong thank God. In life you win some and you lose some but life goes on. I want to thank everybody, I am sure a lot of people think comrade is down but I am not down. When God says you are not down, you are not down and I am not down.
“I thank Edo people for all they did over the past two, three, four, six weeks, people under the rain under the sun, young ladies carrying babies on their back, I saw elderly women struggling to see my small face, and on election day I was moved to tears when I saw elderly women of 70 to 75 sitting down because the card readers were not working and they were not frustrated with that, they struck me with that. If at their age, they didn’t give up, why should I give up?
“And I ask our people to have faith in our country, you cannot have faith in another country,” he said.
“I have only have one passport and I am not about to apply for any other passport. This country, we must make it great, we must strengthen democracy, we must improve on it. No matter the outcome of an election or a particular edition of the process, have faith in God and have faith in our country. God bless you all.”