Edo residents, Melaye mock Oshiomhole after APC defeat

There was jubilation all over Benin City on Sunday as residents trooped out to celebrate the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party over the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in the elections which held on Saturday.

This was even as some of them mocked a former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, the major promoter and supposed 'godfather' of Ize-Iyamu.

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A former member of the National Assembly from Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, also mocked Oshiomhole and the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Reports have it that Godwin Obaseki polled a total number of 307,955 votes to emerge winner of the poll while Ize-Iyamu scored 223,619 votes. It will be recalled that Obaseki had contested and won the governorship election on the platform of the APC in 2016, against Ize-Iyamu who was then the candidate of the PDP.

However, following Obaseki's fallout with Oshiomhole, who is also a former National Chairman of the APC, the former lost the APC governorship ticket. Ize-Iyamu, who had defected to the APC ahead of the APC governorship primary election, was then given the ticket.

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While celebrating Obaseki’s victory on Sunday, Melaye said Oshiomhole had been reduced.

“Fellow countrymen and women, I salute you once again. I am reaching you directly from Edo. What  we used to have as Osho Baba has now been reduced, downgraded and degraded to Osho pikin. Nobody should call Osho Baba again, never! The only thing you now have is Osho pikin…..

“How can you expect that a man with the umbrella will not win during the rainy season? Definitely, the PDP won. APC, how market? Oshiomhole, how market?” Melaye said before bursting into a song to mock Oshiomhole and Tinubu, who had released a video ahead of the election, urging the people of Edo to reject Obaseki.

“The dollars brought in a bullion van to Edo have gone down the drain,” Melaye added.

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In addition, some of Obaseki’s supporters said Oshiomhole should relocate to Lagos to join Tinubu to help him cope with the shame of the defeat.

Obaseki’s supporters called Oshiomhole many unprintable names, saying he became too arrogant after the people of Edo State compensated him to win the 2007 governorship in the state.

While rejoicing on the streets, some of the youths said, “He (Oshiomhole) should relocate to be living with his godfather in Lagos.”

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