Obaseki didn’t show appreciation after securing second term, says Charles Idahosa

Charles Idahosa, a former commissioner for information in Edo state, says Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, has not shown gratitude to those who helped him secure a second term in office.

Idahosa, who moved with the governor from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2020, said this in a chat with TheCable.

There were reports that Idahosa and his supporters are planning to return to the APC. He, however, said he is still consulting with his supporters on his next move.

“It is no longer news that I am not on the same page with Obaseki. He has shown a lot of ingratitude not to me and my supporters alone but to all those who helped him. He is on his own now,” Idahosa said.

“If you recall what happened in 2020 when he was denied the ticket of the APC, not only did I move with him to the PDP, I was also the one that followed him to the secretariat to go and pick his membership card.

“I played a very serious role in his coming to governorship in the first place. I knew him right from secondary school because he was my junior at school. When I was in class 5, he was in class 1 or 2.

“I have been so disappointed in his attitude and the way he has been relating with his benefactors. So, right now, he is on his own.

“I’m yet to make up my mind because I have a large followership in the state and as a result, I can’t just wake up and leave.

“So, I’m still holding consultations with my supporters in the state. At the appropriate time, I will make my position known. But I’m no longer with Obaseki.”

‘EDO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ARE RUBBER STAMP’

Speaking on the impeachment noticed served Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of the state, Idahosa said the Edo state house of assembly lawmakers are doing the bidding of the governor.

“I don’t really take the houses of assembly very seriously. They are a bunch of hungry people and they are a rubber stamp,” he said.

“How did they even become members of the house in the first place? They were handpicked. That is why almost all of them do the biddings of the governors in their states.

“If a governor wants anyone removed, they will do it. If the governor wants anything approved, they will approve it without scrutiny.

“When the federal government wanted to give them financial freedom from the executive, they voted against and said they don’t want to be free.

“So, they can do anything for the governors for the right amount and patronage.”