President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the winner of Wednesday’s governorship election, Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The president also congratulated the people of the State on the successful conclusion of the election.
In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President in a telephone call to Oshiomhole, commended the well-articulated campaign programme of the APC in the state, the doggedness of the governor, governor-elect and party members in going round the state to reach the people with records of good governance over the years and a promise of continuity.
“The victory is good for democracy, for Nigeria and the people of Edo State,” he said.
Former Lagos State governor and All Peoples Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu also congratulated Obaseki, for his victory, saying Edo people have made a good choice.
He described Obaseki as a tested technocrat, who is competent and experienced to take over and continue the good work done by the outgoing governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Asiwaju Tinubu said with the election of Obaseki, Edo had taken after Lagos in the continuity model, which he said has worked assiduously well for the people of Lagos State.
Also, the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday, congratulated Obaseki and his running mate, Philip Shuaibu, on their victory.
In a message issued yesterday evening on behalf of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), Odigie-Oyegun thanked the good people of Edo State for the massive turnout during the election.
He also congratulated political parties and their candidates who contested the Edo governorship election for the fair play and relatively peaceful conduct displayed during the election exercise. He called for calm and appealed to the opposition parties to accept defeat in good faith.


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We’ve humbled Ikimi, Igbinedion, others -Oshiomhole

From Tony Osauzo, Benin

Osadebey Avenue, the seat of Edo State Government, erupted into joyous celebrations amidst sporadic firing of guns into the air by security personnel yesterday, shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) pronounced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, winner of the state gubernatorial election held on Wednesday.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who led the celebrations, told newsmen that the victory has humbled Chief Tom Ikimi, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin and Chief Raymond Dokpesi while Chief Tony Anenih “narrowly escaped  defeat.”
He said the victory has concluded his chapter in the struggle to end godfatherism, and promised that the APC was committed to dismantling the rigging machine of political godfathers in the state.
Oshiomhole expressed gratitude to God that no life was lost and for the clement weather during the election.
He said the election was “the final burial of political godfathers who have held the people hostage since 1999.”
“It is outstanding and remarkable that tensed as the election was with all the predictions, the APC, out of 18 local government areas, won in 15, decisively. Those who were loudest in making noise have been showed where they stand in relation with Edo people.
“We have humbled Chief Tom Ikimi even in the local government he claimed to have created. We defeated Chief Raymond Dokpesi in his polling unit, his Ward and his local government. That reassures that the ruthless deployment of media machinery is not enough to distort the will of Edo people to determine their choice”.
‎In apparent reference to the Igbinedions, Oshiomhole said: “In Okada, the political family that has boasted that they will continue to govern this state and even compel the state to adopt them as the queen of England, whose birthday must be celebrated, the APC was the preferred party by the people than that family in Okada.
“There is something unique in the way things have turned out. In Esan land, the senatorial zone of the PDP godfather, we won two out of the five local governments. We gave him a fight though he managed to escape. He used the factor of his age to play on the emotion of the people. It is a victory for the people of the state. Edo people are now proud they can now determine who rules them and no one godfather can choose a leader for them.”