Senator Adams Oshiomhole has stated that the recently concluded Edo State governorship election has revealed that Governor Godwin Obaseki is politically dead.

Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North Senatorial District, made this statement during an interview on Channels Television on Monday, September 23, 2024.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Edo gubernatorial election.

Oshiomhole believes that the outcome of the Edo election reflects the will of the people and that the people of Edo would not sacrifice their lives for anyone. His comments come in response to Governor Obaseki’s statement that the election is a do-or-die affair.

“We subscribe to President Jonathan’s school, which says the election of even a president is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. And you have the PDP national chairman who is acting with all the crises around the status, talking about bloodbaths for elections.

“You have Obaseki, I watched him on Channels, insisting it was do-or-die. And when you asked him, he said, If they did, then they would be dead. Now the people have done it. I guess he is politically dead.

“The people have decided that Monday, who was elected last year as a senator, has been elected; and now has been declared the governor-elect,” he said.