Oba of Benin Laments Bad State of the Nation As Osinbajo Assures He Has Capacity to Govern Nigeria
by Adekunbi EroReceiving Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, who paid him a courtesy call in his palace on Thursday as part of his nation-wide tour to meet delegates to the All Progressives Congress, APC convention ahead of the party’s presidential primary election in June, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba of Benin, stated that “Like the businessman will say, customers are kings. In elections, the electorate are supposed to be kings, but that is not what we have in Nigeria. We have leaders who get to office and enrich themselves and forget the electorate whereas without the electorate, nobody can occupy any political office, especially elected office. Some of these politicians use all kinds of tactics to get the votes of the electorate and at the end of the day, they abandon the electorate”.
According to him, “I am here today on a political visit; but for obvious reasons, I ensured that I must start from the palace. I am here to consult with party members who are delegates in our forthcoming delegates’ convention.
Oba Ewuare 11, in his response, confessed that he had always been an admirer of Osinbajo’s eloquence, and appreciated him for his respect for culture and tradition.
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