By Adesina Soyooye
Adams Oshiomhole, the sacked National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says those who think he is down had another thinking coming.
Oshiomhole was, last Saturday, stripped of political relevance in his home state, Edo, when his candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, was defeated by the incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, thus earning him a second term in office.
Oshiomhole had forced Obaseki out of the APC, by seeing that he was denied a second term in office. Obaseki quit APC for the PDP where he found a shelter, and was given the ticket, along with his Deputy, Phillip Shaibu.
He mounted an unprecedented campaign against Obaseki.
But, on September 19, Obaseki prevailed, giving Oshiomhole a second technical knockout within two months, and without relevance in the running of the state.
But in a viral video on Wednesday, which was also his first reaction since his candidate lost, Oshiomhole said he was not down. And that in life, you win some, and lose some.
Speaking, apparently, from his personal gymnasium, and struggling hard to sound strong, Oshiomhole said he worked hard for the election, but God was responsible for the outcome.
Waxing philosophical: “In life, you work hard, and leave God for the outcome. You do your best, and trust God to bless your efforts. I feel good, I feel strong, thank God. In life, you win some, and you lose some. But life goes on.
“A lot of people will be thinking now, ‘Oh Comrade must be down,’ but I’m not down. When God says you are not down, you are not down, and I am not down.”
Most APC members hold Oshiomhole responsible for the loss of the state to the PDP. They insist it was an unforgivable mistake to have denied Obaseki a return ticket.
