Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu
The Governor Elect of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has described as lies, the claim by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just concluded governorship election in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, that God told him to pursue and recover his mandate, which he said was stolen from him by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
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Obaseki urged Ize-Iyamu to “stop deceiving the people
because he is only pursuing his ambition and so should
stop mentioning God.”
But reacting, Ize-Iyamu said that Obaseki was not God and
does not know God.
Ize – Iyamu, who spoke through one of his aides, Efe
Igbinovi, said: “Obaseki is not God and neither does he know God, so he has no right to question Ize-Iyamu’s closeness to God. He should face the problems confronting him.”
Obaseki, in a statement by his Principal Press Secretary,
John Mayaki, said: “You never sought the face of God
before, during and after the election, let alone hear from the
Almighty God.
I want to call on the unsuspecting public to
beware of political false prophets and pastors who lie in
God’s name and who come to them in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
“We know them in PDP and we know the pastor and his
antecedents. Edo people know them by their fruits. Do Ize-
Iyamu and PDP expect to gather grapes from thorns, or
figs from thistles and reap orange and cherry? Let me
remind them that every good tree bears good fruits while a
corrupt tree bears evil fruits.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruits, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruits.
So also, God cannot speak to Ize-Iyamu and even if, not
without repentance.
“Edo people cannot be deceived by Pastor Ize-Iyamu’s
importation of God’s name to hoodwink and whitewash.”
Meanwhile, Ize-Iyamu said: “It was ironical that the state
chairman of APC, Anslem Ojezua, expressed angst about
the protest embarked upon by members of his party over
the conduct of the election.”
He remarked that out-going Governor Adams Oshiomhole
regularly led street protests while fighting to reclaim his
mandate, adding that Ojezua and the APC were not
supposed to be jittery if they actually won the election.
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