By Steve Imagbe
OF course as expected, this is not about the way Obaseki has instructed his cult followers to share the Christmas rice to his faithfuls that is the focus of this article, but the wickedness behind his action of winner-takes-all attitude and blackmail. We can all recall how Obaseki vanquished Oshiomhole and APC before the Edo State citizens as one and a party that has requested for the commonwealth of the state to be shared, a lie that has since come to light. Rather, he is the one that have been using consultancy firms like his own Afrivest amd others to retire the state funds in a questionable way that he will eventually answer to later when his time is over in 2024.
Immediately after the 2020 election where PDP uncompromisingly secured victory for him, his true colour of wickness came to be seen by all especially those who thought he was a true human. His actions do not suggest he really is one and we the Edo State people need to request a psychological evaluation of his mind before the State goes into waste. He shared rice, rams and cows in 2020 December with a caveat that they should mostly go to new PDP members. It was shocking to many. For the old PDP, it was an expected call to alertness. They knew trouble was brewing as the matter gradually shifted to harmonization that was not only illegal, but immoral.
Obaseki spent over 1 year using the expectation of members to blackmail some into accepting his idea of harmonization. When he was vehemently resisted, he went on to appoint mostly his followers from APC. Even at that, the old PDP members didn’t bulk.
Again, recently, within this yuletide period when you would think Obaseki will use the humble birth of Christ to seek for peace and unity rather than claiming ”it is only PDP that can rescue Nigeria” when he has not been able to rescue his state that is on the brink of self-destruction, he has deepened the crisis in the party.
The rice he shared were given to former APC members and chairmen who are now in PDP to share to members. If this is not illegal, what is it? Are these former members and decampees still in APC? Why not allow the genuine excos do the sharing?
Obaseki is not PDP as his mind full of vanities still have trace elements of the characteristics of APC. In this coming year, I wish the party can muster enough strength to suspend him from the party which he wish to destroy. This is important because the Governor has a tradition of treachery, shallowness and stabilization.
“In the ifa lore, Esun is the restless spirit or devil that can take life, however, it can be appeased with water, red oil, white cloth, blood from a slaughtered animal. This temporarily make it calm down whenever the libation is done with several incantations. But for Obaseki, there is nothing on earth that can be used to appease him as soon as he is bent on delivering destruction. After Lawrence Anini, Edo has never seen such a humanity until now. It is now a collective duty for every single Edo State citizen, not just old PDP member to dismiss him and his cult followers from our society of sane men.”
We should thank our stars since it’s still early in the day to look beyond Governor Godwin Obaseki in order to prevent him from imposing another fraudulent candidate and Governor on Edo people or ensure that he likes never come our way in2024.
Steve Imagbe writes In from Oredo Local Government Area, Benin.
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