Despite insinuation that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state had failed to back his Deputy, Pius Odubu’s, quest to emerge as the All Progressive Congress governorship candidate, the Governor has announced that he and Odubu have reconciled.

The Governor stated this on Thursday while speaking at the reconciliation meeting between members of the APC. He noted that the party would be united in the upcoming election for the state.

Oshiomole further said that the APC was ready to deal a decisive blow on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Eight other aspirants for the APC governorship ticket were present at the meeting which was also attended by some party leaders including Gentleman Amegor, Chief Mathew Ehigie and other suspended members.

Oshiomhole said, “Let me appreciate my younger brother with whom I have entrusted power not because we were the best but because God chose to use you to give us that favour. That is Pius Egberamwen Odubu, the Deputy Governor of Edo state. It doesn’t matter how the result went, I want to publicly appreciate him and I assure him I regard him as a brother”

Speaking further Oshiomhole said, “I am celebrating the fact that someone will take over my job, do I look tired, if I am not tired and I am not looking tired why I should I be celebrating my imminent retrenchment from office. I am celebrating it because, when I was elected I knew it is renewable only once. That is the beauty of democracy that you pray not for extension but finishing well and finishing strong, we have finished not the less.”

“I want to therefore thank you for all the support that each and every one of you here and millions of our people who are not here, party members and no party members, men and women, young and old that you have extended to me over the past ten years. My case has been a thing of miracle with God using every one of you to perform the miracles. I can never thank you enough.”

“They are planning now how to come back only those who died like Christ and only one born of a virgin woman can resurrect like Christ, those who died in the political scene can never be resurrected. PDP died in Sin and they remain buried and they can’t resurrect certainly not in our life time”

Mazi Emeka