By: Obalanlege Matthew Clinton(SIWES student ,Crawford University)
Kassim Afegbua, Media Director of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, criticized Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Sunday for claiming that his fallout with his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, was due to the state burial for the late former Minister of Works and Housing, Tony Anenih.
Afegbua dismissed Obaseki’s assertion, stating, It is the height of ungodliness and devilish intentions for Governor Obaseki to make reference to the state burial for Chief Anenih as the cause of his differences with Comrade Oshiomhole.
Obaseki had suggested during a campaign event for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that one of the issues between him and Oshiomhole was his decision to organize a state burial for Anenih, a prominent PDP leader.
Speaking at Okpujie Demonstration Primary School in Uromi, Obaseki recalled that Oshiomhole questioned why he had given a state burial to Anenih, who was not an elected official. Obaseki defended his decision, stating, I said the man had done more than many governors, so he deserved it.
Afegbua, a former commissioner under Oshiomhole, countered this narrative, accusing Obaseki of playing cheap politics and making bogus claims just to score political points.
It is terrible character indices for Governor Obaseki to raise such devious reason as the rationale for his breaking apart from Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Afegbua added.
