- Adams Oshiomhole, a senator from Edo North, has disclosed his reasons for kneeling in front of Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin.
- Oshiomhole claims that he knelt before the monarch because he respected and recognized the traditional institution of the Benin people.
- On Channels TV Politics Today, he disclosed this during his Monday appearance.
Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North, has disclosed the rationale behind his act of kneeling before Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin.
Oshiomhole asserts that his gesture was a demonstration of his acknowledgment and respect for the traditional institution of the Benin people.
He made these statements during his appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Monday.
Additionally, the legislator criticized the outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki, labeling him a failure.
Oshiomhole pointed out that throughout Obaseki’s eight-year tenure, he was unable to identify a single elementary or secondary school that he had built.
According to him, “I’m excited that we won and I have the rare privilege of presiding over the affairs of Edo State as a governor for eight years and I understand the needs of the people. I know what the state was when I left and what it is today and to some extent, not a few people believe that I should be blamed for Obaseki’s failures and woeful performance.
“During the campaign, you listened to us and Obaseki; you can’t say he pointed at this ultra-modern primary school that he built or there is this secondary school he built. Instead, Ighodalo said he would extend broadband to Edo North. Earlier in the year, Obaseki and Ighodalo said they had done a feasibility study and there is approval from FAAN to construct an airport in Edo North.
“They assured the Oba of Benin that the great people of Benin will have a seaport in Ghereghere, they brought former Vice President Osinbajo to do a groundbreaking of the industrial park, yet none of this has taken place. If you go there, these places are occupied by Lizards and snakes
“Even the drainage I did to deflood Benin City, he compromised it and this is rainy season, so the timing of this election was good for us and bad for the PDP because when it rains nobody can step out of his house.
“They have nothing to parade order than that Asue was the Chairman of one million boards and had made money, but what Edo people know him for is that he was just a transaction partner.
“As a sitting Governor of Edo State, I understand and respected the institution of the Oba of Benin and all the royal fathers of Edo State. I always kneel down before the Oba and will always do so, even when the current Oba asked me not to do so. A father is always a father.”
