By Osahon Osahon
A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he is not down over the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.
Oshiomhole, in a short video while reacting to the outcome of the election, said “you win some and you lose some.”
It was the first time the former Edo governor would be reacting to the outcome of the September 19 governorship election where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated the candidate of his party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
The former labour leader said life was not all about winning, adding that he put his best to the poll.
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According to him, the former APC chairman said he feels good and strong against what he critics would think he was down over the outcome of the election.
Oshiomhole said, “In life, you work hard and leave God for the outcome. You do your best and trust God to bless your efforts. I feel good, I feel strong, thank God. In life, you win some and you lose some but life goes on.
“I want to thank God. A lot of people will be thinking now, ‘oh, Comrade must be down’. But I’m not down. When God says you are not down, you are not down and I am not down.”
“I thank Edo people for all they did over the three to six weeks. People under the rain and under the sun. young ladies carrying babies on their backs. I saw elderly women struggling to see my small face and on election day.
“I was moved with tears seeing women of 70s, 75 sitting down because the card readers were not working and they were not frustrated. If at their age, they don’t give up, why should I give up? I ask our people to have faith in our country.
“I have one passport. I am not about to apply for any other passport. This is our country; we must make it great. We must strengthen democracy. We must improve on it no matter the outcome of an election or the particular edition of a process. Have faith in God and have faith in our country. God bless you all.”
Recall that Obaseki was declared winner of the last Saturday’s election in Edo after crushing the candidate of the APC, Ize-Iyamu, who had the endorsement of Oshiomhole who similar supported the election of Obaseki in 2016.
