Runaway:
Obaseki is becoming more of a disgrace to us in Edo State. I am one of those who supported him. Not be because I liked him, but because I don't want Oshiomohle to continue as Governor of Edo State in proxy. But if u complain if Obaseki and u voted Buhari, u are worse off......

So you really swallowed the false tale that Oshiomhole was trying to control Obaseki? Then you weren't following the issues. What happened was that immediately Obaseki got sworn in in 2016, he began governing in a self-opinionated manner, and was outsourcing appointments to his friends from Lagos, Delta and Rivers States and also to some people whom he made to come over from the UK while largely ignoring those home-based Edolites who worked so hard to market him against the fact that he was a very hard sell especially when compared with Ize-Iyamu back then. Even the relatively few natives he gave appointments, he refused to pay them decent wages . To be specific he was paying his own appointed media aides 50k monthly without any other form of benefit whatsoever all in the arguement that he wanted to reduce cost of governance and bring about a paradigm shift in Nigeria with Edo State blazing the trail. Meanwhile he would allocate as much as 4 to 5bn Naira for the executive arm of government in every year's budget. To mention a specific one among the numerous instances of Obaseki's self-centered style of governance; after emerging the APC flagbearer in 2016 through Oshiomhole's help, he placed a call to one of Oshiomhole's former media aides who had left Nigeria to permanently settle in the US to relocate back to Nigeria and use his widely acclaimed guerrilla warfare journalistic skills against the PDP which was obviously having the upper hand in the media aspect of the smear nature of the campaign. On Obaseki's promise to make him Special Adviser on media if he became governor, this guy, abandoned what he had already ventured into in the US, relocated to Nigeria in good faith, and used his mighty pen to drown PDP and sell Obaseki to Edo State voters who hardly ever knew him all before then. But on assuming office Obaseki appointed this guy as Interim Chief Press Secretary and within 8 months, sacked him, scrapped the office, now actually created the office of special adviser on media into which he appointed a totally strange journalist from Lagos who had never been involved in Edo State politicking let alone being part of the struggle to enthrone Obaseki against the ravaging PDP and the powerful campaign force of Ize-Iyamu.
Numerous other examples of such treacherous dealings by Obaseki were rife in his government. Such attitude of discarding the intellectuals who worked for him and replacing them with strangers and mediocres who were his own personal loyalists became too irritating for the Edo State APC to continue putting up with amidst poor performance on basic infrastructure and abandonment of Oshiomhole's initiated projects like Central Hospital, Red Roof Revolution of primary and secondary schools, Benin Storm Project, etc when compared with Oshiomhole's. This led to friction between Obaseki and the Edo APC members who feared that the party would lose Edo State in the next election if Obaseki was allowed to continue that way especially considering the fact that he won Ize-Iyamu very narrowly in the 2016 election. Led-by Samson Osagie, the concerned party members took the matter to Oshiomhole believing that Obaseki would respect his intervention as leader of the of the party in the state and nationwide. But rather than respect his benefactor's advise that he should be more accommodating, he cooked up the narrative that Oshiomhole wanted to become godfather and also accused him of mounting pressure on him to share the state's resources among party members. Unfortunately, the unsuspecting public which wasn't aware of the details of the issue fell for that narrative and voted him for second term and here we are today with the deadly consequence.

Codebite:
The truth is that obaseki is a scam. All the roads in Edo are bad, the esans are Edo people's number one problem. They supported lucky igbinedion and it almost sent us all to the village, then came oshiomole who came to save us and he did an amazing job of restoring Edo to a large extent, but the Esans been their usual self, choosed to hate and condemn all his good works simply because he removed Osunbor who was illegally elected into power by the then igbinedions. Now that we've all seen how incompetent obaseki has been, he truncated all of Oshiomole's past projects, disbanded lots of policies and then went ahead to tarnish his image all because of pride and Ego. The true binis knew how much deceitful this man is. But the Esans out of wickedness and hatred towards oshiomole still choosed to support this bad government.

Whatever obaseki decides to do to Edo let him continue.
We are watching them.

Just like how the Yorubas supported their oga Tinubu with the hausas and fulanis to bring in Buhari into power all because they hated Goodluck who was learned and smart and was in charge and was also on the path of taking us, Nigeria to the promised land. But no! We choosed to support someone with a bad past record all because of hatred .

The day we'll learn to stop being sentimental and be more realistic that's the day Nigeria will begin to experience true change.

I disagree with your attempt to heap on Esans the blame of voting based on sentiments in Edo State.
Was it also Esans that voted out Ambrose Alli who moved mountains in each and all of the 19 LGAs of Bendel State within just four years? If anything, it was the Binis that voted against him all because he was Esan. Remember that part of the reasons you Binis voted against him was that he was trying to divide the Benin Kingdom with his proposal to create LCDAs back then. Though it was a narrative that emanated from the Bendel State chapter of the NPN, Binis were the first to fall for it.
Then on Obaseki's second term victory, please go over the results again and you'll see that the votes he got from the 7 Bini LGAs was what actually gave him the upper hand after the votes Ize-Iyamu had from Edo-North had drowned those Obaseki got from Edo-Central (Esanland)

Raiders:
at least he helped defect godfatherism in Edo State. Edo no be lagos

I want to assume you are just being sarcastic. But if not, then I will like to know how you came to the conclusion that Obaseki ever fought godfatherism in Edo State talkless of actually defeating it. I am all ears.

Terrier99:


Okoro pig, remove Yorubas from your mouth. When Yorubas were protesting for GEJ to be made acting President, you Igbos were nowhere to be found. Better destroy your barren land in peace and remain there. Useless economic parasite. Go and look for how to better your life and stop asking how you can use 80k to marry. Daft pauper.

Edo State people are not Igbos please.
The monicker you quoted is not an Igbo person but a full blooded Edo son who happened to be a fan of Jonathan hence the automatic hatred for Tinubu and Oshiomhole which made him fall for Obaseki's fraudulent campaign gimmick even though Obaseki's failures all over the state were kissing him in the face.

Terrier99:


Defect indeed, illiterate Ibo fool. Ordinary spellings, you have failed at. Your parents in Abia are in bondage, you are jumping about, looking for imaginary godfathers.

You missed that monicker's sarcasm.

In addition, please be more civil. Yes we know it pains for one to realize he was fooled and scammed as those who supported Obaseki have. But it is not the fault of Yorubas or Igbos that Edo people, with all their acclaimed intelligence, could fall so cheaply for a campaign lie that a primary two pupil could have deciphered without much racking of his head.

Lmao. Tinubu slaves are crying in this thread .... But the fools voted Buhari twice. Very funny idiots

Obaseki will destroy PDP in Edo State.
Ungrateful element!

ityP:
Lmao. Tinubu slaves are crying in this thread .... But the fools voted Buhari twice. Very funny idiots

This is not about Buhari. We all know that choices on presidential elections in Nigeria are not about issues but about the need to prosecute political vendetta or prove the point that no tribe owns Nigeria hence people would not mind voting for the obviously less promising candidate to prove that point. We saw it happen when in 1993 the current SE voted for Abiola against the obviously worse Tofa just to spite Yorubas and how the Old Rivers State (Now Bayelsa and Rivers) gave Tofa a whooping 66% in that election out of loyalty to their NRC in pursuit of what they felt was a better deal for them at the center. Also, the people of the present SE and SS voted in 1999 for Obasanjo who had failed as military HOS, and again voted for him in 2003 which was just 3 years after he ordered the genocide in Odi town located in their own SS region....all in a bid to spite Yorubas. And mind you that Yorubas even voted massively against this same Buhari in 2011 in the interest of Jonathan who obviously appeared better then, but in 2015 had to vote Buhari to prove a point to Jonathan.

But, at the states level, elections are less about political vendetta and more about germane issues hence you can't compare them.

ityP:
Lmao. Tinubu slaves are crying in this thread .... But the fools voted Buhari twice. Very funny idiots

This is not about Buhari. We all know that choices on presidential elections in Nigeria are not about issues but about the need to prosecute political vendetta or prove the point that no tribe owns Nigeria hence people would not mind voting for the obviously less promising candidate to prove that point. We saw it happen when in 1993 the current SE voted for Tofa against the obviously better MKO just to spite Yorubas and how the Old Rivers State (Now Bayelsa and Rivers) gave Tofa a whooping 66% in that election out of loyalty to their NRC in pursuit of what they felt was a better deal for them at the center rather than what was better for the generality of Nigerians. Also, the people of the present SE and SS voted in 1999 for Obasanjo who had failed as military HOS, and again voted for him in 2003 which was just 3 years after he ordered the genocide in Odi town located in their own SS region....all in a bid to spite Yorubas. And mind you that Yorubas even voted massively against this same Buhari in 2011 in the interest of Jonathan who obviously appeared better then, but in 2015 had to vote Buhari to prove a point to Jonathan.

But, at the states level, elections are less about political vendetta and more about germane issues hence you can't compare it with federal elections.

Deadlytruth:

This is not about Buhari. We all know that choices on presidential elections in Nigeria are not about issues but about the need to prosecute political vendetta or prove the point that no tribe owns Nigeria hence people would not mind voting for the obviously less promising candidate to prove that point. We saw it happen when in 1993 the current SE voted for Tofa against the obviously better MKO just to spite Yorubas and how the Old Rivers State (Now Bayelsa and Rivers) gave Tofa a whooping 66% in that election out of loyalty to their NRC in pursuit of what they felt was a better deal for them at the center rather than what was better for the generality of Nigerians. Also, the people of the present SE and SS voted in 1999 for Obasanjo who had failed as military HOS, and again voted for him in 2003 which was just 3 years after he ordered the genocide in Odi town located in their own SS region....all in a bid to spite Yorubas. And mind you that Yorubas even voted massively against this same Buhari in 2011 in the interest of Jonathan who obviously appeared better then, but in 2015 had to vote Buhari to prove a point to Jonathan.

But, at the states level, elections are less about political vendetta and more about germane issues hence you can't compare it with federal elections.

Lol. More excuses loading

ityP:




Lol. More excuses loading

I would that you prove that position wrong with facts.
Please visit Obaseki's Facebook page and see for yourself that those currently denouncing, insulting and cursing him are those who campaigned for him under Sun and rain chanting Ogbane and Towargba. I guess they are Tinubu's lovers too yet they campaigned for Ogbane, right?
The truth is that within just 10 months Obaseki's campaign gimmick has been exposed for the monumental lie it was and those who fell for it can't now forgive themselves while those who saw through the facade back then aren't even complaining right now.

Deadlytruth:


You missed that monicker's sarcasm.

In addition, please be more civil. Yes we know it pains for one to realize he was fooled and scammed as those who supported Obaseki have. But it is not the fault of Yorubas or Igbos that Edo people, with all their acclaimed intelligence, could fall so cheaply for a campaign lie that a primary two pupil could have deciphered without much racking of his head.

Jeez.
My bad.

Deadlytruth:

I would that you prove that position wrong with facts.
Please visit Obaseki's Facebook page and see for yourself that those currently denouncing, insulting and cursing him are those who campaigned for him under Sun and rain chanting Ogbane and Towargba. I guess they are Tinubu's lovers too yet they campaigned for Ogbane, right?
The truth is that within just 10 months Obaseki's campaign gimmick has been exposed for the monumental lie it was and those who fell for it can't now forgive themselves while those who saw through the facade back then aren't even complaining right now.

My point: no Buharist has a moral right to even discuss Obaseki's failures. Oshiomhole that you're indirectly trying to hail, rained curses on Obaseki's opposition and contributed to his woes at the polls. Obaseki was once a very good boy to Oshiomhole. So, stop crying here. Politics in naija has NEVER been about the people; whether state level or federal level. Accept this and know peace

ityP:



My point: no Buharist has a moral right to even discuss Obaseki's failures. Oshiomhole that you're indirectly trying to hail, rained curses on Obaseki's opposition and contributed to his woes at the polls. Obaseki was once a very good boy to Oshiomhole. So, stop crying here. Politics in naija has NEVER been about the people; whether state level or federal level. Accept this and know peace

In one line you argue that elections at both state and federal have never been about the people, but in another line you implicitly complain that those who voted for Buhari harmed the people. So where exactly do you stand?
No Buharist has complained to you that Buhari has disappointed him. But those who supported Obaseki are the very ones now accusing him of failure. There lies the difference. If they the Ogbanes and Towargbas weren't complaining and asking for Obaseki's head right now, we wouldn't be in this argument.
Then I can't even make any meaning of your claim that Oshiomhole rained curses on Obaseki's opposition and contributed to his woes at the polls. I can't make any sense out of that. As for Tinubu, his supporters can't be crying at this time seeing the gale of direct and indirect endorsements flowing his way from across the entire nation and even from among the PDP. You are the one crying about Tinubu while I am only responding to the Ogbanes and Towargbas now crying about their Obaseki.
Likewise, At the point of entry into PDP, Obaseki was very loyal to PDP which initially adjudged him a huge failure but changed tune on signing him in but has again changed back to their previous tune now that he is killing the party and demanding for their structure by suspending Dan Orbih and Ogbeide Ihama.
I repeat; at state level, politics is quite issues based because state governments are closer to the people and are more responsible for their needs than the national government hence people could afford to use federal elections as weapons of political vendetta than as tools to vote for the actual betterment of the country. I have already given you a lot of examples which you have not been able to counter.

frankmoney:
Most people voted for obaseki based on sentiments and not what he has done or can actually do

And that's just sad

They thought they were doing Oshiomole, APC & President Buhari?, those Edo no be Lagos Mumus had no idea that they were allowing a blind man dig their grave site. Sorry for them, too late to cry when the milk has been spilt.

ityP:
Lmao. Tinubu slaves are crying in this thread .... But the fools voted Buhari twice. Very funny idiots

He went to report the level of destruction 2 weeks ago to the President in Aso Rock, from my knowledge of Nigerian politics when an opposition Governor goes to visit the President on a casual visit, best believe he has switched parties. I.e. Umuahi, Ayade.

ohosi4real:
Obaseki is the worse governor Edo have ever elected. He came with lie's, destroy, and confusion. Over 5 yes now no single project to point out say na Obaseki na do am. Very useless governor

Una own good small person way una vote na una governor but Imo state people say the person they vote no be there governor and they no get governor at all now .