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By
Prince Kelly O. Udebhulu, Director, Media & Publicity, APC Nigeria,
Spain Chapter.
The head of a camel
would eventually pass through the eye of a needle for any Edo central`s
candidate to be able to convince the Benins and the Edo North people to concede
the governorship seat to Edo Central (Esanland) on the basis of justice and fair play. Tell the prophet
or prophetess that he/she lied to you politically anchored upon the Nigeria`s
political perspective!
It should be cleared
to the Esan people (Edo central) that the leadership of the APC would like to
zone the governor seat to Edo South Senatorial district, though political
analysts are yet to deduce from the body language of the governor who succeeds
him. It is obvious that only Governor Oshiomhle and he alone can determine the
next governor from the array of aspirants scrambling for the seat. No
two ways about it.
The 2016 governorship
election is going to be direct fight between the All Progressives Congress (APC)
and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Interestingly, with the victory of the
APC in the 2015 polls and the massive defections that have confronted the PDP in
Edo state plus the alignment and re-alignment of famous politicians and party
big wigs who where hitherto in the other side of political divide, and their
supporters engaging in what could be regarded as political re-alignment under
the APC platform; joined with the APC in
the state to win majority of the state House of Assembly seats in the just concluded
general elections make the party the preferred platform for aspirants who want
to succeed Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole because the battle can best be
viewed at the favored direction of APC`s candidate securing enough supports and
votes at the poll results of Edo state governorship election, 2016.
For Edo central to
gain, we must lobby or ask for the seat of a deputy governor that will be best positioned
as a credible governorship candidate after the tenure of his principal. Without
doubt in my mind, the deputy governor will do his or her best to bring
development to Esan land just as our deputy governor today, Odubu who is commitment
to the development of his local government in particular and attracted a number
of road projects, pipe borne water, electrification projects and the construction
of the Ogan/ Ugo/Orhomikhe /Urghonigbe 57 kilometer stretch of road to his
people. This must be our concern now or
never as Esan people must know that the era of playing politics blindly or
non-digital is over, we cannot afford to play the role of opposition to any
ruling government at this modern day Nigerian politics, as the political wind
blows, we must follow in order to gain unlike the era of late Prof. Alli and
Jakande, when and where opposition to the ruling party gained. We must have
concrete plans to project and position ourselves accurately.
We should remember
our icon in politics in Nigeria, Chief Tony Anenih, founding member of PDP just
resigned from active politics and his enormous roles he played in the party for
the past 16 years both in the human and political development in Esan land and
Nigeria in general must be emulated by any person or persons that will ever
rise to such height in Nigeria politics. Ironically, some major clan or clans
in Esan land must desist from the myopic reasoning that they only can produce a
very better person for Esan development; any clan should be allowed enough
playing fields politically for any rising Esan person or persons into the State
and Nigeria politics. Saul was known to be at longer head with Christians but
later turned to Paul and a leading member of the Christian family.
2016 governorship
election turns out to be a joker card for edo central inhabitants and must be handled
maturely. It is now or never as where two elephants fight, the ground suffers.
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