The Otaru of Auchi, His Royal Highness, Haliru Momoh, Ikelebe III, has affirmed that he is with Governor Adams Oshiomhole on the choice of Mr Godwin Obaseki as the next Governor of the state, saying.....
“wherever the Governor asks me to go, I am going.”Speaking while receiving the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki along with his running mate, Mr. Felix Shaibu who were led to the palace by Governor Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, the Otaru of Auchi said, “wherever he, the governor, asks me to go, that is where I am going.” The Otaru who commended Comrade Oshiomhole for his sterling performance as Governor, said:
“today, I testify that our son has done wonderfully
well in navigating what is good for man, for his
people in Edo State and Nigeria. That is the
service to human beings.
“Now the service to God is worship because he
said if we don’t regard him as one who has all
the powers, if we don’t believe in him, whatever
else you do, you will make a dust to fly far and
wide.”
He concluded, “we have our own mission on
earth, every one of us. It is destined. It must
happen. Your mission on earth is destined by
God, not by human beings, and therefore, it must
happen on the date, the hour, the second. It must
happen.”
The Otaru thanked the Governor for his intervention in ending the gully erosion which had ravaged Auchi, saying the ;people of Auchi will never forget him for it. Speaking earlier, Governor Oshiomholecommended the Otaru of Auchi for his cooperation with the State Government which made the urban renewal drive in Auchi a success and assured him that Mr. Godwin Obaseki will
excel.
“We have enjoyed your robust support. You got
your communities to cooperate even when we had
to pull down some buildings in order to make this
urban renewal possible. I want to thank you for
the support, your prayers, and with all humility,
your highness, we pray that our candidate will
win the next election. And I stand to guarantee,
your highness, that Godwin will do even better
because having been part of the team, chairing
the Economic Team, there is nothing we have
done that he is not a party to, and he
understands the issues.”
Oshiomhole who took a swipe at the candidate of a faction of the PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
said “the money voted by their own government, PDP, to secure the people of Nigeria from
terrorists at a time when terrorists became very emboldened that they were hanging flags in
several local government areas in parts of the North, they were moving close to Okenne. The
money appropriated, special votes to fight this scourge, the man that visited you, it is not about
accusation now, Ize-Iyamu in his own hand writing in the office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt, not only confessed how he, Ize-Iyamu collected N700 million once from Fidelity Bank, not for the
security for which the money was appropriated.
“He has also been confessing exactly the way
witches confess in villages how they shared the
money meant for the security of Nigeria. And then
they turned around to blame someone for the
activities of terrorists. People like that who should
be prosecuted, having confessed to the crime,
they are the ones going round the state asking
that votes. They took N700 million because they
still had the key to the treasury of the state, when
they have the key to the treasury of the state,
they will take everything.”
He called on traditional rulers to scrutinize theactivities of politicians who seek to govern Edo
State, “I think that traditional rulers have a duty
to scrutinize the activities of all those who want
to govern. If you want to run a private business,
we don’t need to go through all this, but if you
want to govern the state, if you want to be
entrusted with public treasury, certainly, it can’t
be those who already have a history of stealing
shamelessly. That is not all that they did. They
took another N300 million for the same election.
That is already N1.2 billion.”
Also speaking, the gubernatorial candidate of theAPC, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said he was at the
Palace to seek the blessings of the Otaru.
“What we have come here to do today, myself
and my running mate Felix Shuaibu is to ask for
your prayers and blessings as we embark on this
race, this gubernatorial race. I want to assure you
sir that we will not disappoint you and the people
of Edo State. Interestingly, we will need you and
the traditional institutions even more than ever
before.”
He concluded, “So, we will ask you for your
support in the days to come when we enter
Osadebey Avenue. We want to assure you that in
all we do, we will put our people first. And we will
ensure we utilize the people’s resources to it
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