How I battled With Edo Political god-fathers - Oshiomole

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, weekend, expressed his excitement in presiding over what he described as the political funeral of people he described as political godfathers in Edo State.

He confessed that it was not an easy battle because the godfathers were allegedly being shielded by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP- led Federal Government, but that with the emergence of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government, come May 29, “it is all over with the godfathers in Edo State.”

The governor in a chat with members of the Correspondence Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Edo State, said “If you recall where we are coming from in this state, you will appreciate how I feel. When I came in as governor, every councillor in this state, local government chairmen, House of Assembly members, the governor and of course you have the Presidency, all PDP members.

Now to imagine that from ground zero we came in to challenge this order and of course we must not forget that when they talk about god fatherism in Nigeria politics, it is a small, powerful, unaccountable, un-elected group.”