The United Progressive Party (UPP) flag bearer, Adviser Sheddrach Nowamagbe, has said that he is the most qualified person to take over from Governor Adams Oshiomhole, because he is a musician and an entertainer.
Nowamagbe, who spoke at the weekend, shortly after being presented with an award in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said he has what it takes to take the state to the next level, because of his credibility and his profession.
He said he has done much for the people by kicking against corruption and social vices through his music, adding that the time has come for him to use his doggedness to further emancipate the poor masses from the hands of their oppressors.
He said: “Oshiomole is a tailor, he has never sown any clothe in Government House. Obaseki is a banker and he is not going to the Government House to count money. Interestingly, Obaseki is supposed to be the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),but Oshiomole has taken over the job of campaigning for him.
“Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, my close friend, is a pastor. He is not going to Government House to read the Bible. So, for that simple reason, I am number one among all those candidates.
“Any time you see Oshiomole on stage, what does he do? Dancing! What of Ize-Iyamu? Singing and dancing! So, musicians always give joy. When you play music in the bush, snakes will refuse to bite you.
“I have started my campaign. You do your campaign in different ways. It is not when you are making noise in the streets that you do your campaign. My name is a household name. They know me in the 18 local governments, 192 wards and 2,367 units. For that simple reason, anywhere I go, they recognise me. I have been doing my in-house campaign, ‘Jehovah’s Witness Campaign’.
“I have been brutalised. I have murdered sleep, because of the ordinary people without a portfolio. Time has really come for me to use my doggedness to gain that position, most especially to deal with those past leaders who defrauded this state.”