{"id":107025,"date":"2023-08-16T17:47:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107025"},"modified":"2023-08-16T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:47:25","slug":"emilokan-cant-win-election-in-edo-state-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/emilokan-cant-win-election-in-edo-state-obaseki\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Emilokan\u2019 can\u2019t win election in Edo State \u2013 Obaseki\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the \u2018Emilokan\u2019 slogan will not work during the current electioneering period in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki who made this known while receiving the leaders of Edo South Senatorial District at the Government House said the strategy is strange to the people of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018Emilokan\u2019 was used by President Bola Tinubu during his presidential election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki however said, \u201cEdo people will not accept \u2018Emilokan\u2019 as a strategy in government as they are not known for that. For us, it is the people that will decide.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWhat has happened in the last few months is strange, and even if you have ambition, this is not the time to express it. The timetable for the election is not out. You can\u2019t be part of a government and also be the one to destabilise the same government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we came together and will leave together and let the people say you have done a great job, and they will now make the decision themselves. They are the ones to say that come rain or sunshine, we must continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are telling the world one thing and yet doing another. You are loyal to your principal and yet you are in Court with your principal. Everybody has the right to be ambitious but do it the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki\u2019s submission appeared as a veiled remark about Philip Shaibu, his deputy who is eying the state\u2019s number one seat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the \u2018Emilokan\u2019 slogan will not work during the current electioneering period in the state. 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