Ask just about any Nigerian you can find on any street anywhere on this earth who is the more popular politician - Adams Oshiomhole or Prof Osunbor and the answer will be Oshiomhole. In fact, I'll bet you good Nigerian money that not a few will wonder just who exactly Prof Osunbor is.
Everybody knows Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The man has fought for better wages for Nigerians, he has fought for civil liberties for Nigerians and now, finally, he has succesfully fought for political office.
He has been on tv more times as a regular Nigerian than Osunbor has been as a governor (not counting the pandering state-sponsored/influenced shows, documentaries and reports aired in Edo state since Osunbor came into power). Oshiomhole is better known or more notorious depending on whether he has stepped on your toes.
A few minutes ago, he was declared winner of the 2007 gubernatorial elections in his home state of Edo after an unneccessarily long and drawn out elections appeal process. In the minds of most right -thinking people, there could have only been one outcome from the Appeals Courts - an elected Governor Oshiomhole.
Why?
No long gist there... because it was simply impossible for him to have lost a clean election in Edo state to a comparative unknown like Prof. Osunbor. Argue all you want, espouse high-minded theories about the nature of elections and what-not but the fact of the matter is that elections are essentially popularity contests.
I should know, I've lost one or two.
But this is not about me, or the fact that this blog is the first to comment on Oshiomhole's victory. It is about a deserved win and the triumph of truth over lies.
My congratulations go out to Governor Adams Oshiomhole and his supporters. I only hope he can successfully govern the way he has always called on others to do.
Everybody knows Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The man has fought for better wages for Nigerians, he has fought for civil liberties for Nigerians and now, finally, he has succesfully fought for political office.
He has been on tv more times as a regular Nigerian than Osunbor has been as a governor (not counting the pandering state-sponsored/influenced shows, documentaries and reports aired in Edo state since Osunbor came into power). Oshiomhole is better known or more notorious depending on whether he has stepped on your toes.
A few minutes ago, he was declared winner of the 2007 gubernatorial elections in his home state of Edo after an unneccessarily long and drawn out elections appeal process. In the minds of most right -thinking people, there could have only been one outcome from the Appeals Courts - an elected Governor Oshiomhole.
Why?
No long gist there... because it was simply impossible for him to have lost a clean election in Edo state to a comparative unknown like Prof. Osunbor. Argue all you want, espouse high-minded theories about the nature of elections and what-not but the fact of the matter is that elections are essentially popularity contests.
I should know, I've lost one or two.
But this is not about me, or the fact that this blog is the first to comment on Oshiomhole's victory. It is about a deserved win and the triumph of truth over lies.
My congratulations go out to Governor Adams Oshiomhole and his supporters. I only hope he can successfully govern the way he has always called on others to do.
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