“I Never Adviced Against Obaseki” – Oba Of Benin Counters Oshiomhole

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has denied claims made by former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, about advising him against picking GovernorGodwin Obaseki as his successor.

This rebuttal occurred during a visit by Oshiomhole and other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Oba’s palace on Sunday, following the party’s success in the gubernatorial election.

During the visit, Oshiomhole, while kneeling before the monarch as a sign of respect, stated that Oba Ewuare II had advised him not to support Obaseki as his successor. However, the Oba firmly rejected this claim, stating that he did not give any such advice concerning Obaseki’s candidacy.

In Oshiomhole’s words, “Your Royal Majesty, I would like to remain on my knees, first to apologise to Your Majesty for my poor judgement, when, in spite of your clear advice to the contrary, I stubbornly, and wrongly supported a man, who I thought, being a Benin man, will respect the tradition, the custom, the heritage, the brilliance and creativity and the respect for tradition by any logical man that claims a Benin man, when I presented Obaseki to you, against your advice.”

In response, the Benin monarch clarified his position, saying, “I never advised against Obaseki when you brought him to me. You know I said I won’t say so much here. I told them. And I will try to restrain myself. Because anything that will bring any issue with my son Akpakomisa (Okpebholo’s appellation), I want to avoid it.”

He continued, “But I have to correct it when you said ‘against my advice’. I never said anything against Obaseki when you brought him. You will recall, this one (the Oba pointed to the former chairman of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, Elemah, a close friend of Oshiomhole) is your witness when you brought him to introduce him to me. You talked about Odubu (Oshiomhole’s deputy governor) voted against my father’s choice.”

Oba Ewuare II emphasized that he did not oppose Obaseki’s candidacy when he was introduced to him and wanted to set the record straight on this issue.

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