A former Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has apologized to the people of Edo State for backing incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki at the 2016 governorship election.
He then stated his keenness to ensure the governor’s defeat in the governorship election scheduled for September 19.
Reacting, Obaseki said he had no regrets for not being a stooge of Oshiomhole.
The two politicians had been at loggerhead shortly after Obaseki became governor in 2016.
The quarrel persisted until last month when the governor was disqualified from contesting the APC governorship primary, forcing him to switch to the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he picked up the ticket to run on September 19.
Oshiomhole, addressing a crowd that gathered to welcome him at his Iyamho country home, said: “I have made a mistake by supporting a man who has no vision for my people. So, I want to correct my mistakes by making sure a servant of God, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is elected as governor and kick the snake out of the government house.
He added that his preoccupation now is to see that the state returns to the path of development.
“I have come home to join you and start the process of reclaiming the house back to the family of APC. And if the people say, yes, and God says yes, there is no man born of a woman that can say no.
“So, now I have only one mission and I know it is our common mission: to bring Edo back to the part of sustainable development. “We want to return to the government of the people by the people and for the people.”
