This was an election of one godfather against the other. Ighodalo was not defeated, Obaseki was rejected – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri has reacted to the results of the Edo State governorship election held over the weekend, describing it as a contest between two political godfathers.
In a post on his Instagram page, Omokri noted that the real battle was between Godwin Obaseki, the current governor of Edo State, and Adams Oshiomole, the former governor. He emphasized that the focus was not on the two official candidates—PDP’s Asue Ighodalo and APC’s Monday Okpebholor—who won the election.
“The Edo election was largely free, fair and transparent and overwhelmingly reflected the freely given will of the people of Edo State.
If you take the time to see the negative fall out, they are almost all from people and celebrities who are not from Edo State and do not live there. I have family, businesses, buildings, and employees in Edo State, and as such, I have an ear to the ground.
I see too many people being emotional over the outcome of the #EdoDecides24. Emotions are good for activism and sometimes for chasing women if you are a romantic. But they do not win elections on Election Day or at the courts.
If you want to win, you have got to be rational.
This was an election of one godfather against the other. It was not Ighodalo who was defeated. He is an excellent candidate. It was Obaseki who was rejected. It was not Okpebholo that won. It was Oshiomhole and Shaibu.
If Ighodalo and Okpebholo had gone mano a mano, without the aid of godfathers in the picture, I am convinced that Ighodalo would have won.
The only difference between the two contending camps is that Obaseki relied on his office, while Oshiomhole and Shaibu focused on the people.
And since politics is about addition, Oshiomhole and Shaibu won the political arithmetics.
Obaseki failed to understand that in politics, no matter your position, you must still try to avoid subtraction.
No matter how popular you think, you are, if your opponent is practising addition and you are implementing subtraction, the result of the election is a foregone conclusion, even if you allow social media to mislead you.
Remember, there are no polling booths on the Internet.”
