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Oshiomhole: 'vengeance would only hinder progress'
BY OLUDARE FASE & AYO FAWIBE | USA | PUBLISHED NOV. 12, 2008
Former President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole has taken over the governor's office of Edo state with a promise
to forgive all political enemies in the 19-month battle to regain his mandate.
At his augural speech in Ogbemudia stadium, Oshiomhole told an
unprecedented mammoth crowd that vengeance would only hinder progress
of his administration saying there are much to be done.
He said "I am aware that there are many of our supporters who are angered
and pained by what we have had to go through in the past 19 months. Some
of them may even be nursing the spirit of vengeance. My friends, there is so
much to be done. Hate and vengeance can only suffocate and impede the
clarity of thought and purpose.''
According to him, "The battle has been fought and won. It is now a time for
unity and reconciliation. The spirit of forgiveness will open up our minds to
the challenges that lie ahead. Let us blaze the moral heights by stretching our
hands of forgiveness and friendship."
Prominent AC chieftains and Nigerians who witnessed the occasion are
former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; his successor,
Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Chief Bisi Akande; the vice-presidential candidate
of the party in the April 2007 elections, Senator Ben Obi and a former Edo
State Governor, Chief John Oyegun among others.
Oshiomhole's victory was made possible on Tuesday by the appeal court
ruling which upheld earlier ruling of the Edo state electoral tribunal that the
PDP candidate, Prof. Osunbor did not win the April 14, 2007 Edo
governorship elections.
The tribunal declared the AC candidate as the authentic winner of the
gubernatorial election thereby putting to rest a 19-month political struggle in
the state.
Reports say Oshiomhole's tenure will end in Nov. 12, 2012.