The Majority Leader, Edo House of Assembly, Mr Philip Shaibu (ACN-Etsako West) has said that Oshiomhole’s victory in the just-concluded governorship election has brought freedom to Edo people.
Shaibu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin that the governor’s victory had defeated the promoters of godfathers.
The majority leader, while congratulating Oshiomhole on his well- deserved return as governor of the state, said the victory had brought freedom to Edo politics.
“I want to congratulate myself and the people of Edo State for the freedom, freedom from godfathers and wastage.
“We did not work or vote for Oshiomhole alone, we only defended our freedom, freedom to associate freely and contest any position without going through any godfather,’’ he said.
According to him, politically, I see myself as a free man now, I do not need to beg or go through a godfather to contest any political position.
“A party that does not believe in performance and in peoples’ oriented programmes cannot be trusted with power,’’ he added.
According to Shaibu, “it is obvious that, our collective freedom cannot be bought again”.
“We all worked and voted for infrastructure and massive development in the state,” he added. (NAN)