Negative things Oshiomhole said about me not from his heart –Ize-Iyamu, Edo APC gov candidate

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, talks to PETER DAVID about his emergence at the party’s primary, allegations against him ahead of the forthcoming governorship election, and his chances against Governor Godwin Obaseki at the next pollObaseki defeated you in 2016 to become Edo State Governor; now as governor, don’t you think he will have a more resounding victory this time...

What do you mean by godfather? However, are we selecting what we should remember? What about the periods he paid glowing compliments to me? What about the period he praised me for all I did to support him to be in government. He made those statements during the period I was on the other side and was contesting to be the state governor and he was determined to prevent that.

I am not going to take over from Oshiomhole. If I was, I would have been saying what I would do. Let me tell you this. I am not going to say because I will succeed Obaseki, I will reverse all the things he did; that will be foolish of me. If there are good things we identify, of course, we would continue with them. But if there are also bad policies that should not be continued, we would jettison them. We must have the political courage to do what is right.

You forget that those who made such things happen at that time are now in the APC. I coordinated the campaign of the PDP that you are referring to. I was the DG of the state campaign committee and my job was to ensure that we won in the state. You also know that when I was returning to the APC, I did not go alone. I took formidable leaders from the 18 local government areas along. You should know that my coming back has changed the equation completely.

We will do everything possible to ensure there will be no violence. Contrary to what some people think and the fears they have, by the grace of God, there will be no violence during the election.

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