By: Barr Alex Ehi Aidaghese
Any effort to indoctrinate and assimilate any real or perceived adversarial forces of the Asue Crusade into becoming authentic vanguard, loyalists, and apostles of the Crusade is a worthwhile investment. And the time is now.
Therefore, the transformation agenda should extend to transforming the minds and souls of real and perceived haters as well as those still sitting on the fence, undecided. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. WE MUST REACH OUT TO THEM.
Be that as it may, YOU CAN NOT LOVE ASUE and remain unrelenting in your resolve to deliver your unit or ward to your party, be it APC, SDP, or Labour. No, this is a struggle for the ages, defining the course of the transformation of Edo State for decades to come.
Only Barr Asue Ighodalo is defining that course and articulating the process of its culmination right now. Let’s call a spade a spade – the other candidates, with all due respect to my Call-Mate, Barr Olu Akpata, are mere spectators in their own game. It’s about what is good for the men and women of Edo State as well as the future generations.
My Dear Esan Folks, what has Senator Monday Okpebho done for us lately or since he became a Senator? What happened to the Palliative infrastructure of the stomach, fatherly and compassionately provided by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the National Assembly? Would Baba Asiwaju be comfortable supporting and campaigning for a Senator who knowingly sabotaged his Palliative initiative? He cannot tolerate such a guy in Lagos State. What’s good for the goose is also good for the gander.
In a similar vein, is this a candidate the indefatigable Comrade and irrepressible Adam Oshiomhole would want his honourable people of Akoko Edo and the general Afemai race to vote for? A Senator who doesn’t reckon with accountability and honesty in his dictionary shouldn’t be trusted with the future of this country. Period.
Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are, goes a popular saying. Baba Asiwaju and Comrade Adam shouldn’t fall for this scam. The fact that a candidate has a humongous bank account to buy votes, whose sources remain indisputably opaque shouldn’t be allowed access to a Government House or leadership position.
Does it matter if the credibility or preparedness of the protégé our leaders are disposed to bequeath the future governments of this country is in doubt? Does it matter anymore? Fairness, equity, law and order demand it should.
The credibility, integrity, and trust factor of Barr Asue Ighodalo surpassed international standards and global best practices. We mustn’t forget that.
Therefore, Chief Odigie Oyegun, Sir Igbinedion, Comrade, Adam Oshiomhole, Chief Dan Orbih, and Arch Mike Enolemenmen should consider the interests of Edo State and mobilize in unison for Barr Asue Ighodalo as the next Governor of Edo State. Our future generations deserve that.
