By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin City

After months and weeks of speculations, former governor of Edo State and former National of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Monday declared to contest election into the Senate to represent Edo North Senatorial District.
He made the declaration when he marked his 70th birthday at his Iyamoh residence in Etsako West local government area which had several leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in attendance.

Oshiomhole said he chose to celebrate his birthday with his people because he was conscious of his origin as a nobody, given birth to under a tree by his mother but destined by God to be what he is today.

He said “It is true that for quite sometimes, many of our people have asked me why don’t you contest for the Senate and I said first APC has crisis, let us fix the crisis, let there be convention because you cannot begin to discuss what kind of baby you are going to have when you are not married.

“I said until APC is fixed you cannot talk of contesting election using the platform, have been chairman of the party, I know the danger we face if we are not able to fix the party and this was completed and consummated on the 25th of March and we have now elected a brand new National Working Committee and a brand new National Executive Council under the able leadership of a former governor, a former minister and a current senator, Adamu Abdullahi.

“We have done what needs to be done and I am inspired by the position of the new leadership for us to do what we need to do to retain power in 2023. I am therefore convinced that this is the time to proceed to the next step of the conversation which is about who lead the great people of Edo North in the senate by 2023.

“After all consultations, you must be convinced that you can do it and improve on it. These times that people have been asking me, I have also been examining myself because I do not want to go to the senate and sit down, listen to motions and collect salary at the end of the month.

“I do not believe that I need to go to the senate to take a sabbatical to take a rest because that is an important institution where men and women are elected by their people to contribute to affairs that affect their people, how funds are allocated and to ensure that the people of Nigeria have value for their resources and money.

“We lay more emphasis on the rotation of people, I am more concerned about even development, I have made it clear before as president of the NLC that democracy means that the leaders must listen to the people and if he deviates from that, the people have the right to interrogate the leader, if I did that as ordinary Nigerian I believe that as a senator, your interest cannot be ignored in the red chamber in Abuja.

“By my antecedent, I am a believer that this country has come to stay and our business is not to lament the imperfections but dedicate ourselves to the challenge of fixing the nation so that we can create a nation where every citizen will have a basis to be proud that he is a Nigerian. With your mandate, if I get to the senate I will do that”.

He said the idea of empowerment should be redefined from the tokenism that is given to constituents to ensuring that the infrastructure needed is built for the people to express themselves “because our people are not lazy.

“Our leaders from the six local government areas have gathered here today to say I should contest and I believe that with your support, we will get there.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/2023-oshiomhole-declares-for-senate/

This one never tire
With him head wey be like Calabash cover

Oshio Baba awon ti Jagaban.
This one na straight to Senate o. Edo sure pass for Jagaban o

Damnnn niggar

This one way we give upper cut blow for edo state

He and Tinubu...we give them smack down

Even if Tinubu win Apc tickets

Him nor go see one vote from Edo state

Recycle bin

If there is one person in the history of Nigerian politics that really disappointed me to no lengths, it has to be Adams Oshiomole. From his days as a thorn in Obasanjo's flesh, you would think this guy stood for the masses. He called himself a comrade and as a leader who championed the needs of millions of Nigerian workers, he stood opposed to Obasanjo's policies which were not in the general interest of the public. In his simple Khaki outfit, he felt like every other commoner who was experiencing the biting impact of a failing Nigerian economy. Anyone may have claimed at that time that he was the hope Nigeria needed. Squarely because of his activism,

Alas! He too had a price. He became a governor and things changed. He started rigging like every other stupid Nigerian governor and wanted to become political godfather. Who would have believed the Adams Oshiomole of the early 2000's would turn into such a corrupt politician with a trophy wife? Adams is a disaster and a clear evidence that Nigerian activisits have no honor. He is a shining indication that people like Omojuwa, Tolu Ogunlesi, and every other Twitter warrior are just waiting for their turn to eat in the national cake. Nigeria is finished! I wonder how much good can come out of that country every again.

Gunning for a senatorial seat at 70

I laugh

Misplaced Surprise

No need for Senate na, why not president?

Frog eyes

Which way Nigeria? Old senile fools have taken over our political atmosphere

We need his likes to stir things up!

It's sure for him

At 70 years

Nigeria politicians hardly have other life outside politics. It is madness.
So many of them can't run an establishment successfully, which many average Nigerians are hustling to do and are succeeding with even with hostile economic situations in the country, but these ones who can't start and run a business successfully are using political office to run their lives... Because it can only happen in Nigerian. Hussle

He is declaring for house of former governors and not senate. Nonsense.

In Omisore's words "drowning politicians"

Asura:
By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin City




https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/2023-oshiomhole-declares-for-senate/

Haaaaha

Nothing is as sweet as politics money

The comrade himself

Not again!

Nigerian politics full of visionless and greedy politicians

The people that will invade this thread and wail uncontrollably, are the same deluded and hateful people who daily mock Oshiomole that he's finished politically. Just watch and see.

It seems stolen money is sweeter than honey.

This people as if na only them it is for

Future Senate President

We are solidly behind you Comrade

Dry Bones Wan Rise Again

Them nor dey tire. Even on the...... Him nor dey tire. No wonder he has a gorgeous light skinned wife.

he sure gets this one

Joke

Hahaha, after obasake u singlehandedly made a governor gave u a politically biancaful slap even beating in the state and your party faithful completed it by shoving your ass out of the chairman seat ,u are now crawling out of your shell at 70 to represent your senatorial zone ,nia oga obasanjo is still the governor ooo