The General Consensus Is That Obaseki Hasn’t Done Well As Governor – Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu

Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu, Edo State governor aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress has come out to speak about his ambition.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the general belief is that Governor Godwin Obaseki has not done too well in power, so it is normal for a lot of people to be currently aspiring for the number one seat in the state.

He added that he expects that he would not just be a candidate this time around, and he would actually go all the way to win it.

His words, “There is no time we don’t have a multiplicity of aspirants. I think there is nothing new, nothing unusual, Even in the PDP, I don’t think that there is only one person that is there. At least, I have heard the deputy governor who is a PDP member talk about his ambition and I have also seen his billboards in some parts of the state. I have also seen that of the former Chairman of APC who joined the PDP, Anslem Ojezua. So, I went to Esan last week and I saw the billboard of Senator Odia and another aspirant.

I don’t know about that. But, I think the reason there are a lot of people in the APC is the general belief that Governor Godwin Obaseki has not done too well. When that belief is there, everybody wants to aspire for the number one seat. I also know that some of us who are ready to come and help, for some reason, chose to take our time and that could also explain why there are so many aspirants. Aspirants are not known until they go and take the expression of interest form. So, what you have been seeing since is just social media noise including what I am doing now. Because, if you want to contest under a party, you will go and take the expression of interest form. That will now give you the right to go for the nomination form. When you have done these two things, you become an aspirant, not a candidate. The candidate can only emerge when you have done a nomination and your party select you or vote for you.

Life is a learning process and every time you fall, you learn something new. I have matured and I have been able to reflect on where we also made some mistakes and what we could have done better. So, I am confident that, this time I will not just be a candidate. I will win the election. I believe that I still have a very wide support base coupled with those I intend to bring in. I am confident that this time, I will win the election.”

WOW.