Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called on the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole; and the party’s candidate in last Saturday’s governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to put their differences aside and work with him for the betterment of the state.
Obaseki stated this on Tuesday after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued certificates of return to him and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu.
INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Edo, Rivers, and Bayelsa States, Mrs May Agbmuche-Mbu, made the presentation at the INEC office in Aduwawa, Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Speaking after thr presentation, Obaseki said: “To our friends and our brothers on the other side of the divide, we are one family in the pursuit to provide services and public good for our citizens.
“Our citizens have decided that as for now, they trust us more to provide them leadership. It does not mean that they do not have a role to play. It does not mean that they are not part of a family.
“I’m using this opportunity to extend the hand of fellowship to my brother, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and his other colleagues in the All Progressives Congress to join us and work with us so that we can move Edo forward.
“On a specific note, I want to use this occasion to call on the former chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, that the fight is over and he should come and join in building the house where he was part of laying the foundation.
“We have no malice, the only thing we disagreed on is in the approach in moving Edo forward.”
My candid advise to Oshomole is that he should swallow his pride and reconcile with his erstwhile godson Gov Obaseki and his deputy Philip Shuaibu.He(Oshomole) remains a father and should act as one despite all that has happened if he must continue being relevant in the state.