“I Feel Strong, I Am Not Down” Oshiomhole Speaks For The First Time On Defeat In Edo Guber

Charles Oyelesi

Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he feels strong and is not down despite the Defeat suffered by his party in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Edo State.

Oshiomhole was the chief promoter of the candidacy of APC candidate against his godson son turned down, Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Obaseki who defected from the ruling party after the inability to secure re-election ticket in a bitter political fight that cost Oshiomhole his position as the National Chairman of the APC won the September 19, 2020 Edo gubernatorial election by a Landslide.

The Governor secured re-election on the platform of rival People’s Democratic Party.

Speaking for the first time on the Defeat suffered by his party, Oshiomhole tols GEE Africa TV.

“You know in life, you work hard and leave God for the outcome, you do your best and trust God to bless your effort,” he said.

“I feel good, I feel healthy thank God, I feel strong thank God. In life you win some and you lose some but life goes on. I want to thank everybody, I am sure a lot of people think comrade is down but I am not down. When God says you are not down, you are not down and I am not down.

“I thank Edo people for all they did over the past two, three, four, six weeks, people under the rain under the sun, young ladies carrying babies on their back, I saw elderly women struggling to see my small face, and on election day I was moved to tears when I saw elderly women of 70 to 75 sitting down because the card readers were not working and they were not frustrated with that, they struck me with that. If at their age, they didn’t give up, why should I give up?”

“….And I ask our people to have faith in our country, you cannot have faith in another country,” he said.

“I have only have one passport and I am not about to apply for any other passport. This country, we must make it great, we must strengthen democracy, we must improve on it. No matter the outcome of an election or a particular edition of the process, have faith in God and have faith in our country. God bless you all.”