Because he failed woefully, he doesn't even come out in public in Edo state.

Chief Lucky Igbinedion is one of the pillars of the opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, and was a two-term governor of the state. In this interview with some select journalists, he sheds light on a number of issues from the postponement of the Edo State governorship election to the performance of his administration as governor. How would you react to the postponement of the governorship election in the state? I take INEC by its word. INEC has promised a free, fair and credible election and I don’t’ have any reason to doubt the Commission. How prepared is your Party? There have been comments that you have not been campaigning with the party’s candidate? I wonder why people would be reading meanings to my silence. I think I am a very dignified person in the sense that I have served the state as a local government chairman and as a two-term governor and our own candidate is matured enough. He does not need to be baby seated. He doesn’t need a feeding bottle. As far as I am concerned, our party is well grounded and our party chairman is very versatile and very capable. He has been doing very well. He has my full backing. He has my endorsement and support. Are you still in PDP? I have never left the PDP. That is one thing for sure. I have remained a staunch member of the PDP since inception. We were the founding members and I have never denied being a PDP member. It is true that I have not been active the way people expect me to be because I believe that after serving the state, it is better to take the back seat and I am not a political jobber. I have other things to do. I have my business to run. I have my family life to live as well. I believe that once you have served the public, there will come a time when you will have to take the back seat and allow new hands to come on board. The PDP candidate is matured. He is well grounded and he knows the state very well and has gone through the mill all through the local government to the state level. I am playing my role as a PDP chieftain. And you know that experience counts. From time to time I volunteer my wealth of experience. I speak with the party chairman and other party members. It is not about making noise. Igbinedion Sir, ever since you made the comment that the next governor of the state will come from your political family, the state governor has seen this comment as an opportunity to renew his attack on your person and even your administration? I don’t have the same background with the incumbent governor. We come from different backgrounds. I have never criticized this government and that is not my style. It is now time for the people of Edo State to really look inwards and search their souls and ask, under which administration have they lived a more comfortable, prosperous and secured life, a more people oriented life. I leave the people to make that judgement. But him, he believes in listening to himself. I believe in watching and listening to other people rather than making unnecessary and vile, rude statements about other people. Without mincing words, the condemnation of the Igbinedion administration seems to be the greatest focus of the present government. Of course, what comes out of the mouth, it is like an egg, once it is broken, you cannot put it together again. Can you tell us some of your achievements as governor? Oh, several, several and that is why when I listen to some people ask what did the PDP achieve in the past 10 years, I just laugh because it is either the people that are talking conveniently forget the facts of where we were before 1999 when we took over or they are just deliberately propagating falsehood. This was a state that was purely known as a civil service state. This is a state that we brought about industrialization, this is a state we revived the educational sector, this is a state we turned into a centre of sporting activities, this is a state where we inherited a wicked self-sustenance policy handed down to agencies and parastatals and we moved away from it. this is a state that workers and pensioners were being paid as at when due, this is state I left in 2007 without owing a single debt whether local or foreign. This was a state that people were happy to wake up and go to work. When I came, there were no banks here except Union bank and First bank but with the enabling environment that I created, the security level that I created, various companies started coming in but because of the wickedness of some people the propaganda they decided to employ, they say no, PDP has not done anything and I challenge them that the PDP government did far better than many administrations before us and better than this administration by far. PDP did fantastically well. Your administration was accused of laying off workers prematurely? In any work environment, when you get to the retirement age you retire. When we came on board we discovered that our wage bill was over bloated and for one reason or the other we had to do some restructuring but we also employed many teachers. Like any organisation, companies retire and employ. The federal government retires and employs, so it is a continuous exercise but we were not owing anybody. Sir, how do you feel knowing that the PDP candidate Pastor Ize-Iyamu left your party for the then ACN, later APC and back to PDP? Like I said, he is above fifty and everybody has the right to associate with any political party and you know that our politics is very fluid. Our politics is not really based on ideologies as of today. People dump one party for the other for different reasons but for whatever decision someone takes there must be a reason. Are you in support of his candidacy? Hundred percent, I am hundred percent in support of Pastor Ize-Iyamu who is the candidate of my Party, the PDP. Sir the issue of plea bargain you opted for how do you react to this? It depends on what you mean by opting for plea bargain. You don’t know who initiated the plea bargain, whether it was me or the EFCC. I just felt I should move on with my life first and foremost. What happened had happened but I can tell you that I never stole Edo State money, I never mismanaged Edo State money. I was never charged for money laundering locally or internationally. As far I am concerned those talking are just talking out of ignorance or malice. Did we have the money to be stolen? We were receiving one of the lowest allocations in the federation. I can say categorically that my administration was one of the best and I impacted positively on the lives of our people. Any regrets? I have no regrets whatsoever. I did my best and my best benefited the people of the state. Did you achieve all you set out to achieve as governor? It is not possible to complete all you wanted to do, otherwise, America would have stopped working, and Britain would have stopped working. That is what I mean by continuum. When people believe they can just come and stop what you have been doing. If I say I did all I wanted to do, I would be lying to you. If any government says it has done everything it is lying. No government can do everything. You do your best with the resources at your disposal and I think we did our best with the resources available to us then. The priorities at that time were different from the priorities of today. If I had not paid those pensioners, setting up the foundation for industrialization, created environment for security and peace, education, sports all that, they will not be talking about what they are talking today, the cosmetic projects that they are doing. The Ambrose Alli University was formerly known as Edo State University. I was the one that converted it from Edo State University to Ambrose Ali University. I renovated and renamed the Ogbe Stadium to Dr. S. O Ogbemudia Stadium. I did that because I believed in continuity. There is no area my administration did not touch. When you invest in the people they will not be a burden. My administration did perfectly well in human capital development and the evidence is there for all to see.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/best-governor-edo-state-lucky-igbinedion/

Ok

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Vote wisely

tit:
what is all this hatred and lies against who God don bless?

1) Where is the empirical evidence that this tractor is in POI's farm?

None?

2) Cant people hire tractor again?
Even me want to hire tractor to work in my farm here before you talk of a big personality like Pastor Iyamu.

You pople do not like any thing good.
It is only suffering, and pain and poverty you apc people want to spread.
POI is working hard to provide food for poor masses to eat and you still want to pull him down!

The tractor carries the name of his farm as seen in the pics.

Saw this on Facebook

Nairaland & propaganda...........since 1904

Source sir

Independent radio for Edo no even know the latest

Wetin buhari want to say to convince Edolite electorate?

Mr Anselm Ojezua, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, said President Muhammadu Buhari would lead the party members to Benin on Tuesday for the governorship campaigns finale. Ojezua disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Benin on Monday and said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all APC governors would be at the event. He said that the rally would take place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governorship poll in the state will hold on Saturday. Ojezua said that the National Campaign Council for the election headed by Gov. Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state was already in Benin to prepare grounds for the rally. He said that all arrangements had been concluded to ensure that the event was hitch-free. “All logistics to ensure free movement of the visitors and party supporters across the state have also been perfected. “Anytime APC is holding rally, there is always mass mobilisation. ‘’Once the people know that the president is coming this time around, our people will be so excited to receive him,” he said. The party chairman called on the people, in respective of party affiliation, to come out enmasse to welcome the president and his entourage to the state. Meanwhile, the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, the venue of the rally is wearing a new look ahead of the event. When NAN visited the stadium, soldiers and other security operatives took charge to ensure adequate security ahead of the event. They were also seen at major roads leading in and out of the stadium.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/buhari-leads-osinbajo-apc-governors-edo-grand-rally/

Mintek:


...by working very hard.

how sir I ask? Please be objective

How did Iyamu make millions before 30?

No link or were you there? If yes, pics

BlackAfrican:
APC will win Edo cos APC and Oshiomole has outperformed any other governor or leader from that state. Please wailers don't quote me.

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This isn't good.

Stumbled on this and decided to share. This corroborated an earlier report posted on this forum

BoleynDynaSTY:
Let the best candidate win

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Mynd44:
https://www.nairaland.com/3323523/fear-no-juju-jigawa-state

You no close this one?

Major General Lucky Irabor, Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Nigeria’s military operation set up to battle Boko Haram, on Thursday insisted that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead. Abubakar Shekau He insisted that the individual originally identified as Shekau has indeed been killed. He said this during a tour of Adamawa State as part of the formations under his command. “I can confirm to you that the original Shekau was killed, the second Shekau was killed, and the man presenting himself as Shekau, I can also confirm to you that few days ago, he was wounded. We are yet to confirm whether he is dead or not”. He further said that the Army does not make statements that are not based on facts. The General, said the Nigerian troops fighting insurgency in the northeast, will continue the military operations until the last terrorist is taken out. He also mentioned that there had been division among the Boko Haram as a result of the constant pressure put on them by the Army. According to him, “They released videos to prove that they are still active, but that’s just a facade”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/shekau-dead-insists-army/

flexysam:
lalasticlala come and see ooo! IGP weldon

na him post am

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party assumed another dimension on Tuesday as the factional National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, rejected the leadership of its Board of Trustees.

Sheriff also said that the solutions proferred by the BoT for the resolution of the crisis in the party fell short of the agreement he said his faction had with the peace panel set up by the BoT.

The former governor of Borno State stated this in a statement in which he said that the outcome of the meeting held by the Board in Abuja on Monday, was not in tandem with the decision he claimed was reached with the Dickson/Mantu reconciliation committee.



Sheriff, who stated this in a statement signed by his deputy, Dr. Cairo Ojuogboh, however, agreed with the BoT that the next national convention must hold in Abuja.

The factional national chairman of the main opposition party was reacting to the decisions reached by the BoT at its meeting in Abuja on Monday, where it said that a new national convention committee be put in place to organise the proposed national convention.

He specifically accused the Chairman of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin, of perpetuating himself in office.

The statement said, “That the BoT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin chairmanship has brought crisis to the party.

“In any case his tenure has expired as he has spent more than 10 years as the Secretary and Chairman BoT which runs contrary to the constitution (of the party).”

He said there were other qualified members of the party in the board, who he said, were ready to lead it.

He said that the agreement his faction had with the peace panel was that the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party should resign from office.

Apart from this, he also said that it was agreed that Sheriff would preside over the party’s National Executive Committee meeting where he said, a new national convention committee would be named.

Ojuogboh said that it was wrong for the BoT to pass a vote of confidence on the Makarfi-led caretaker committee, which he said had failed twice to organise an acceptable national convention.

He, therefore, called on Makarfi to resign his appointment.

He said, “Consequently, we can now confidently inform the general public that well-meaning Nigerians have been urging Senator Makarfi to resign to save democracy.”

When contacted, Jibrin said he was not going to react now, saying he would do so “after reading the report.”

The spokesperson for the national caretaker committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, was also said not to be in the country.

When our correspondent visited the temporary national secretariat of the party at Wuse Zone 2, no member of the caretaker committee was around to speak on the issue.
http://punchng.com/pdp-bot-leadership-illegal-makarfi-must-go-sheriff/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

mazichika:
Ize-iyamu is just being proactive.

He did that hinder Inec from substituting his name which really worked for him

sure?

The disputed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidature for the Edo September 10 governorship election has taken a new twist following an FCT High Court which on Tuesday struck out Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s suit on the grounds that Ize-iyamu’s camp have notified the court of their desire to quit the court tussles. The judge, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, struck out the suit following a notice of discontinuance by Ize-Iyamu’s counsel. Adeniyi, in his ruling, also refused the application to award cost to the defendants, but struck out the case from the court’s list. He said “this suit is hereby struck out from the course list of this court. “I shall not be awarding any cost in order to enable the plaintiff reconcile with the third defendant.’’ Ize-Iyamu’s Counsel, Mr Chidi Aninwoya, had informed the court that his client had filed a notice of discontinuance in the suit. Ibrahim Mohammed, Counsel to INEC and Edward Aibangbee, who represented Iduoeyekemwen, did not oppose the withdrawal of the suit. While Aigbangbee requested the court to grant his client N100, 000 cost, Aninwoya urged the court not to grant the request to award cost. Ize-Iyamu had filed an originating summons challenging the alleged planned move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to substitute him for another candidate at the forthcoming Sept. 10, Edo governorship election. Ize-Iyamu participated in the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee organised June 20, party governorship primaries in Edo and scored 584 votes to defeat two other aspirants, Mathew Idurioeyekemwen and Mr Solomon Edebiri. In the originating summons, Ize-Iyamu argued that INEC, under sections 33 and 35 of the Electoral Act 2010 as (Amended), did not have the power or the right to substitute a candidate for a political party. He, therefore, urged the court to restrain INEC from carrying out its alleged plans to substitute him as the party’s candidate for the Edo governorship election.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/edo-2016-ize-iyamu-camp-backs-dawn-as-court-strikes-out-case/

PDP is not an option for now

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/orbih-replies-ize-iyamu-you-contributed-to-failure-of-igbinedions-govt/

This was in 2013.

"It is a mark of statesmanship for people to own up to their FAILURES. He ought to have admitted that as secretary to the State Government,it was not Lucky Igbinedions"

"It was a collective responsibility of all the adults in that Government. Also I don't want people to single out Lucky Igbinedion as the one that failed. They all failed.

-Dan Orbih 12/06/2013.

krendo:


Obama is not canvassing day and night for Hillary Clonton!

Obama endorsed Hillary at a campaign event in June, spoke in support of Hillary at the DNC event in July and since then all he has done is answered questions about Donald Trump at 2 press conferences. 1 when he was with the prime minister of Thailand and the other was at the Pentagon when he granting questions on Natuonal Security and over zealous journalist decided to ask about trump.

But with Ishiomole he has practically been running Obaseki's campaign and seems to speak for him at every campaign event!

What is Oshiomole trying to hide?

May be obasanjo will be in a better position to tell since he did same with umaru

Op, that's a church with pastors & members praying for him