The people of Edo State will choose their next governor, according to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Asue Ighodalo, in the governorship race scheduled for September 21.
Ighodalo said this on Monday’s Politics Today show on Channels Television.
The PDP candidate stated that the people of the state, not party heavyweights like Nyesom Wike or anyone else, should decide who will succeed Godwin Obaseki.
Remember that Wike declared last Friday that he would not back Ighodalo, the declared choice of the departing governor?
“I told them (Obaseki and Ighodalo) when they came to me that I am not going to support you, neither am I going to support anybody. The one I supported, it never helped anything. Rather I was insulted.
“I supported him (Obaseki) the last time, what happened? I became a stupid man,” Wike said.
Ighodalo responded, stating that it was untrue that Governor Wike had stated he would not back us and that he was free to change his mind because circumstances might have changed since then.
“I believe as a gentleman that he would adhere to the word he gave me but if he has changed his mind, so be it.
“When he and I spoke, we spoke on issues around governance, around Nigeria issues, around how we can create a better country, we spoke about Edo State, and at the end of the day we ended the conversations at a point where he said he will mind his business and Edo State is not part of his business.
“But again, if he’s decided to change his mind, that’s fine but the decision as to who becomes the next governor of Edo State is the decision of the Edo State people; it’s not the decision of anybody else, whether you’ve been a governor or you’re a minister.
“It’s only Edo State citizens and people that reside in Edo State who carry PVCs in Edo State that take that decision with the support of God Almighty and that’s the way I see it. I fear no man, I only fear God,” Ighodalo said.
