If Oshiomhole doesn’t stay on his lane, I’ll show no mercy - Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has issued another warning to former godfather, Adams Oshiomhole, telling him to behave himself of face his wrath.
Oshiomhole played a key role in Obaseki's election for his first term in office in 2016, but the friendship between both men turned acidic sometime in 2018.

Obaseki orchestrated Oshiomhole’s disqualification from the APC - a move that ensured that Oshiomhole eventually lost a lucrative position as National Chairman of the APC.

On his part, Oshiomhole made sure Obaseki got disqualified from seeking re-election on the APC platform.

Obaseki dumped the APC as soon as he was denied the party's ticket and rushed to the PDP for a lifeline. The PDP handed Obaseki its governorship ticket on a platter for his troubles.

On September 19, 2020, Obaseki was re-elected governor on the PDP platform.
Asked on AriseTV if he intends to chase Oshiomhole out of town now that he’s secured re-election, Obaseki said: "If he (Oshiomhole) continues to behave the way he’s always done, if he continues to be disruptive, if he continues to fund his lions and tigers in Edo State and tries to create problems for us here, then we’ll not have any mercy. It’s totally up to him.
“As we say in Edo, everybody should now maintain his lane. He should maintain his lane as whatever he is and I’d maintain mine,” Obaseki tweeted

Oshiomhole also extended an olive branch the way of his opponent in the election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

Ize-Iyamu is yet to concede the election and congratulate Obaseki, but the governor considers him a great guy who has been ill advised and misled by the likes of Oshiomhole.

In his congratulatory message immediately after the election, President Muhammadu Buhari called on Obaseki to be magnanimous in victory.

“I’d be magnanimous if he (Ize-Iyamu) comes through,” Obaseki said. “I don’t think the problem is Pastor Ize-Iyamu. I know him well. He is a pastor and I am a Christian.

“I think the problems are factors outside of him - the people who lured him into the contest. Between myself and Ize-Iyamu, there are no issues at all. The day he calls on what to do moving forward, I’m sure we’d be able to have our conversation.

“But there are people who work with him, who know what they have done, who know that they have been vicious and very evil. I’d be surprised if those ones have the courage to even say they want reconciliation or that they want to move forward."