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Obaseki accuses Oshiomhole of being a serial liar

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 10:47 AM by Aanu Adegun

- Edo governor, Godwin Obaseki, says his predecessor and national chairman of the ruling APC, Adams Oshiomhole, is a serial liar

- According to Obaseki, the former labour leader should not be taken seriously

- Oshiomhole at the weekend alleged that Obaseki failed to learn how to win elections while under his tutelage

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been described as a serial liar.

Crusoe Osagie, Governor Godwin Obaseki's special adviser on media and communication strategy, who disclosed this on behalf of his principal, said Oshiomhole should not be taken seriously.

PM News reports that he disclosed this on Monday, December 16, in Benin. He went ahead to list several instances where he alleged that Oshiomhole twisted the truth.

Recall that Oshiomhole had at the weekend alleged that Obaseki failed to learn how to win elections while under his tutelage.

Obaseki said he did not only win his unit and ward during the last general election but also polled more votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 elections than Oshiomhole when he was governor during the 2015 elections.

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“In 2015, when Oshiomhole was governor, he polled 208,469 votes against Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 286,869, with a 78,400 deficit. While in 2019, under Obaseki, the APC scored 267,842, while the PDP got 275,691, with a 7,849 marginal loss," he said.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Oshiomhole was urged to win elections on performance instead of relying on thugs and violence for electoral victory.

The call was made by Osagie in a statement over the recent happenings in the state.

He said: “Even his allegory of politics being like a forest with dangerous animals is a poor excuse to continue to perpetuate thuggery and the keep the collective patrimony under the control of a few greedy and violent people in the name of winning units and ward elections."