Iyabo Obasanjo weeps after losing Ogun Central to ACN
Nigerian Compass
•Former President to daughter: Don’t worry, you will be appointed minister
•Osoba speaks •Bankole: It is not a do-or-die affair
• Afenifere, Soleye, others endorse Isiaka as governor
IYABO, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was a pitiable sight yesterday.
Hours after the reality dawned on her that she had lost the senatorial elections in Ogun Central District, she burst into tears.
The whole scenario happened in her father’s palatial mansion in Abeokuta.
Initially, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, was optimistic of a good outing, given the position of her father as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
When the results started trickling in, it was realised that her father lost, even in his Ward 11 in Abeokuta North.
“The last result in the district came in later in the night and it was discovered that her opponent, who is the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate, Gbenga Obadara, had scored 102,389 votes to her 56,312. She burst into tears,” said a source.
The Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) candidate, Monday Ijaduoye got 27,187 votes.
The source said her father “and others around” had to console her.
“Obasanjo assured her that she will be appointed a minister in the next dispensation,” he said.
In Ogun East Senatorial District, the ACN candidate and former deputy governor, Alhaji Adegbenka Kaka defeated the PDP and PPN candidates, Mohammed Odunowo and Prince Abiodun Odusanya.
In Ogun West Senatorial District, the CPC candidate, Akin Odunsi, defeated the PDP and PPN candidates, Babatunde Fadun and Waliu Taiwo.
Meanwhile, moments after losing the House of Representatives seat, Speaker of the Lower House, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday congratulated his opponent, saying the outcome of the polls reflected the wishes of the people “in our national quest to enshrine an enduring democracy for our nation”.
In a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Communications, Chief Kayode Odunaro, he thanked the electorate for trooping out en-masse to vote for candidates of their choices as representatives and senators, stressing that their action, after the initial hiccups, “demonstrates an abiding faith in democracy as an acceptable and veritable path for the development of our nation”.
Bankole congratulated all the winners in the parliamentary election for their victory, noting that losers should take their losses in good faith as in any such exercise there must be winners and losers.
“For me, the race was not a life and death duel. Of more importance is building, maintaining and developing our democratic institution and processes as a means towards true national development and greatness,” he stated.
The Speaker commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “and the young men and women of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)” for successfully kick starting the election.
Bankole, however, condemned all those bent on scuttling the electoral process through violence, particularly through bombings, saying no nation has ever made progress through such means in addressing the challenges of national development.
Meanwhile, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has continued to get endorsements from major stakeholders and various quarters of the state. The latest is from Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, former Finance Minister and a member of the Egba Intelligentsia, Dr Onaolapo Soleye, and other prominent citizens of the Gateway State.
Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta in the presence of two leading Afenifere chieftains, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, described the structure that threw up Isiaka as “completely Awoist” in all ramifications.
Adebanjo urged all true Afenifere and the people of Ogun State to vote for all PPN candidates in the rescheduled National Assembly, governorship and House of Assembly elections on April 26, 2011 because of their link with Otunba Gbenga Daniel whom he described as a committed Awoist and a major stakeholder in Afenifere.
He said Daniel, throughout his tenure, has performed exceptionally well and as such it was fit and proper for the people of Ogun State to support him in ensuring that the gains of the past eight years are consolidated through a worthy successor in the person of Isiaka.
Soleye said Daniel, like Awolowo, came ahead of his time and has succeeded in changing Ogun State through all round developmental strategy.
He said because of the giant strides and verifiable economic development engendered in the last eight years, it has become incumbent for people of Ogun State to go with Daniel in the unfolding political dispensation.
He said a vote for Isiaka and the PPN would be a vote against politics of egocentrism, greed and bitterness. He, therefore, urged the people of the state to vote massively for the PPN .
Isiaka said he was humbled by the support of major stakeholders, promising not to disappoint the people of Ogun State.
He said having worked with Daniel for more than seven years, it would be easy for him to consolidate the gains of the Daniel era for the benefit of the people and greater glory of the Gateway State.
Daniel, in his response, said the position of the Afenifere and Soleye would ensure “the continuity of good governance, progress and a better future for the children of Ogun State”.
He described the elder statesmen as people of conviction who have always stood for truth in the polity.
Meanwhile, former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, said yesterday that Obasanjo was the architect of his own misfortune.
While also reacting to his party’s victory, Osoba declared that the ACN was not ready to form alliance with any political party to win subsequent elections in the state.
The former governor, who spoke with reporters in Abeokuta, also submitted that Nigerians have regained their voice with the outcome of the National Assembly elections.
“Nigerians have regained their voice. Nigerians are talking. What happened yesterday (Saturday) has averted what would have been our loss like what happened in Egypt and what is happening in Tunisia now. That is why the presidential election must be transparent.
“We are not interested in any alliance or merger with anybody or group or any of the political parties on ground in Ogun State. We shall go it alone and by the grace of God, we shall continue to be victorious,” he added.
Speaking further, Osoba attacked Obasanjo for allegedly undermining democracy in the country.
“Obasanjo is down and out. He has become victim of his own creation. I pray for long life for him to witness more genuine democracy,” he stated.
The ACN chieftain, however, lauded Bankole for conceding victory, saying: “he (Speaker) was the one who woke me up this morning with his phone call. He did very well, he conceded victory and congratulated ACN and I was moved to the extent that I immediately took my bath and drove myself down to his house to pray for him because he has done very well.”

abeg, make una no joke with my big sis ooo!
I go voke for your head if you try am.

Mtchewwwwwwwwwww. Na her alone God for bless. Papa dont rule , daughter want follow. What a family

u don ever see crocodile tears before

dis man na crocodile him be!!!!

Stupíd ugly girl.
Like father like daughter.
Appointed minister ko, appointed ministress ni.
THIEVES.
Let her father appoint her as minister of his farm.
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GEJ till feBUHARI
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GMB till GEJ knows that stealing is corruption.

1. This is old news and I would have expected the OP to provide the link
2. It about Obasanjo-Bello had left this country 4yrs ago and had been back to the US since then......

Obasanjo wees hey see Gogbe....

*stands at the door of the thread to inform others....
Bros/sis Oby dey cry inside nor enta nor enta......

We've long known that Obasanjo has no electoral values in the SW. It's only the SE/SS and some parts of the north that he can pull strings nah. We South Westerners are too sophisticated for OBJ's manipulative tendencies.

Ppl just jump to reply junks without even reading the whole thing and start pdp/apc e-fight. This is a stale news for God's sake and the confused op is out to even confuse ppl more...this type of ppost shouldn't even apear on NL but these days anything goes on NL. Rubbi-sh post

Buhari is not a messiah. Buharists who give him wings and a halo are doing him disservice. Buhari for me is a reset button. He is a stop-gap. He is some guy who can say "No", steer the ship aright and not squander his goodwill. He knows this is his last shot at it.

No matter what you say about Jonathan..he is a 512 RAM guy with a 10 Gigabyte job. He does not have the required capacity and has not developed the capabilities required. He was never prepared ..despite his automatic promotion through the ranks of mediocrity and after six years...He is still a learner. Nigeria is reducing geographically and economically under his watch. BH controls more local governments than Ekiti State. Our markets have lost almost a Trillion naira in 2015....seven days. He cannot give what he does not have. He is not a man who thrives in complexity. ...A simple good man who should enjoy his spoils in retirement. Buhari will not perform magic ..but. ..Jonathan will ruin this nation.
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Politics is not a game for the weak hearted.

You people are dunces. This story was like 4yrs ago, and obasanjo wouldn't, and didn't say she will appointed as minister since it was obasanjo himself who dealt with her daughter and bankole for supporting Daniel who was openly rude and against obasanjo.

When obasanjo was asked to submit the name of a minister, he submitted for olurin and not his daughter who had pitched her tent with the enemies.

If you didn't knw, this was the begining of the feud btw obasanjo and iyabo who went ahead to be an enemy to his father.
That was why some of us were never moved by the letter she wrote against her father. She will remain bitter. That's the fact.

So, dnt start getting orgasmz over an old story. On the contrary, u may do. Whatever rocks your clueless brains goes.

crazysaint:
Mtchewwwwwwwwwww. Na her alone God for bless. Papa dont rule , daughter want follow. What a family

They want to turn themselves to Saraki family

Owo wogbo