[TNG Analysis] Edo 2020: Positive vibes for Obaseki as Wike, Tambuwal, Okowa others lead PDP campaign train

…Oshiomhole’s pleas hit rock

…Oba of Benin warns ambitious guber aspirants

…as Ekpoma monarch asks Oshiomhole to come back after guber polls in September

By Emman Ovuakporie

The campaigns in Edo State are in top gear as Godwin Obaseki gets positive vibes from the three Senatorial Districts of the heart beat of the nation.

TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) in this analysis takes a peep as to how the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the major opposition party in Nigeria have fared so far.

Obaseki and his party in the last one week showcased that the reign of the APC is at the verge of going extinct in a state it once controlled for more than a decade.

While the Adams Oshiomhole led campaign has been receiving negative vibes, the Obaseki camp led by the most vocal Governor in Nigeria, Nyesom Wike has been receiving positive vibration.

Wike without mincing words has told Edo electorates that the election was a foregone conclusion as Obaseki has no opponent.

In 2016, Oshiomhole had properly de-marketed Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu with all manners of unprintable graffiti.

In Edo State you can conveniently call Edolites names but that of a doubtful character is always seen as a taboo.

Oshiomhole had used such words to describe the person he now campaigns for barely four years after.

This singular development has made it almost a walk over for Obaseki who has remained steadfast as the campaign progresses.

His deputy Comrade Phillip Shaibu too has been on the prowl telling Edolites that the state will be turned into rubbles if the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, wins the forthcoming election.

Shaibu said Edo had witnessed a lot of institutional growth where the government was supreme and not an individual but the victory of Ize-Iyamu and his godparents would change all that.

Oshiomhole has been receiving very uncomfortable signals as some monarchs are already asking him to visit only after the guber polls in September a clear indication that he has been rejected.

A monarch he sent packing few weeks from his departure from Dennis Osadebey Government House simply advised him to come back after September 19.

His pleas fell on deaf ears in Edo Central that he massively marginalised for 8years as Governor.

Edo Central arguably has the highest number of professors in Edo State scattered all over the world but while as a governor, the District was thrown into archival dustbin.

It’s pay back time and the Esan people are waiting for the former comrade governor to preach the one man one vote mantra.

Oba of Benin warns

Disturbed by the show of shame by thugs in front of the Oba of Benin Palace, the Benin Traditional Council sent a warning signal to ambitious guber aspirants to steer clear of the palace.

Read the full text of the statement below:

PRESS RELEASE

APPEAL FOR PEACE IN EDO STATE

BTC.A40/VOLLVIII/227

29th July, 2020

The Benin Traditional Council observed with dismay the unruly behaviour of some youths outside the gate of the Palace on Saturday, 25 July, 2020, when His Excellency. Governor Godwin Obaseki and some other PDP Governors visited His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin.

The Benin Traditional Council wishes to state that His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin warmly welcomed the august visitors, led by His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State. The meeting was cordial. During the meeting. His Royal Majesty recalled the warm reception accorded him by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State when the Omo Oba paid a “Thank You’ visit to those states. The courtesy visit of the esteemed august visitors to the Omo Oba ended very well.

We were therefore surprised to hear later that there was an incident outside the Palace, directly in front of Oredo Local Government Secretariat. His Royal Majesty condemns this unruly behaviour that occurred in front of the Palace.

We wish to reiterate and emphasize once more that the Benin Throne is not partisan. The Benin Traditional Council uses this medium to advise all political party members not to turn Edo State into a war zone because of gubernatorial ambition.

His Royal Majesty is committed to peace and tranquility in the state and, peaceful up coming gubernatorial election.

The Palace enjoin all well-meaning indigenes of Edo State to join His Royal Majesty in continuous prayers for peace and tranquility in Edo State and peaceful up-coming gubernatorial election.

Long live Edo State.

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Oba ghato kpere, Ise.

BENIN TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

(Frank Traber). Secretary Benin Traditional Council.