Return of ‘OshioBaba’UNLIKE Mimiko in Ondo, Comrade Oshiomhole succeeded in delivering his preferred candidate, Godwin Obaseki, in 2016 and did not defect from APC. He fought with his protégé, lost his exalted position as national chairman of APC, just as his former political son changed platform. Fayose’s severe painIN 2016, one other state that paraded a godfather-salesman in the person of the outgoing governor, was Ekiti. Obi’s Obaze gambitAS governor, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi succeeded in implanting his preferred candidate, Chief William Maduburochukwu Obiano, as his successor in 2013. Frightened by the array of political ‘field marshals’ arrayed against him, Governor Obiano emulated Obi by forging a political understanding with Abuja to take refuge under federal might and ward off the stiff electoral challenge.

Source: The Guardian August 19, 2020 03:22 UTC