As Edo North honours him
IMMEDIATE past governor of Edo
State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was received back home yesterday by the
people of Edo North after his eight years’ stay at Bini-City Govt
House, even as Oshiomhole claimed he never thought he could even be a
councillor in life.
The Auchi Polytechnic ground was full to the brim as people waited
from 10am till 4:50pm when Oshiomhole, who was earlier at the
governorship campaign rally in Ondo State, arrived with his wife Lara.
Traditional rulers, politicians from the zone, including the deputy
governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, were on ground to welcome the man
whom the Otaru of Auchi described as the “hero of our time”. Governor
Godwin Obaseki and his wife Betsy arrived the venue five minutes after
Oshiomhole got there.
Oshiomhole
Other dignitaries at the event includes the Secretary to the State
Government, Osarodion Ogie; Chief of staff to the Governor; Taiwo
Akerele; state Chairman of the APC, Anslem Ojezua; Patrick Obahiagbon;
PDP House of Representatives member, EJ Agbonayinma; Senator Francis
Alimekhena and many others.
The Chairman of the organizing committee and former Commissioner for
Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Chief Tom
Uloko, said the people of Edo North were proud to welcome Oshiomhole
back home due to the way he transformed Edo irrespective of the
paucity of funds and his doggedness in the fight against god fathers in
the state.
Responding, Oshiomhole, who apologized for coming late for the
event, explained he could not have left the Ondo rally since it was
another serious business for the APC. Expressing his gratitude to God
and the people of the state for supporting him throughout his tenure,
Oshiomhole asked those he may have offended to forgive him.
His words: “I want to say I am indebted with the opportunity given
to me to serve Edo. My mother is here and I wonder what she might be
thinking now, because none of us in my family ever thought anybody
could even be a councillor. So I am very grateful to God.
“They were several things we wanted to do across the three
senatorial districts but with the sudden crash in our finances, we were
unable to do them. But no government will be able to solve all the
problems and I thank God we have another APC governor, in the person of
Godwin Obaseki, who understands the problem and knows what to do.
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