examines the consequences of allowing personal attacks and trivial issues dominate the Edo State governorship election campaign even as politicians struggle to recant their words to promote the candidates they once maligned
However, what is of interest now is how the two parties have almost left the real issues behind to focus on attacking each other, making a mockery of the true essence of election campaign, which is to tell the electorate their agenda if voted into office.
In another video, he justified his attacks on Ize-Iyamu, saying, “When you are selling Toyota, you cannot promote Mercedes . If you tell the people Mercedes is better, they will not look at Toyota.
What is happening in Edo State is not the first time politicians would eat their words after switching sides; such attitude seems to have become a part of electioneering in Nigeria. Thus, it has somewhat become a norm for politicians to pounce on hearsay and use it to rain accusations on their opponents to disparage them.
“Politicians will not suddenly become pastors or imams; they would be what they are, especially in this environment,” he said. “What has happened is that we allow the politicians to dictate what the tenor or pulse of every conversation should be, so what they do is to deliberately digress from the issue. It’s deliberate, because in reality, it’s one political family in Edo State; no opposition. What you have is a gang war. There is a split in the gang and one is not morally superior to the other in any material particular.
He said there could be a collective decision by the electorate not to be interested in the distraction. He however noted that this might not happen because people already aligned with their preferred candidate. “So, we are the problem,” he added. “From what Oshiomhole has said so far, he is also implying that it is possible that after the election, he and Obaseki could become friends and that people should not take anything he is telling them now to heart.
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