Obaseki’s anointed successor unable to speak local language, uses interpreter

Fresh drama erupted in Edo state as an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, got the attention of many.

This is as Governor Godwin Obaseki's supposed annointed successor, Ighodalo declared that he is a “true Esan boy”, an indigene of Edo central district of the state but was unable to address his kinsmen in his local dialect.

As reported by PM News, Ighodalo in response to critics who said he is not a ‘home boy’, but a 'Lagos boy'.

However, the economist and banker who spoke in front of his family home in Ewohimi, Esan South East local government area of the state, could not speak his Esan language, he ended up using an interpreter.

Speaking through an interpreter, Asue Ighodalo said: “I do things in Esanland because we are not noisy, my brother is here, I am here, my parents were here. I am a true Esan boy, I am not going to use home boy because they have used it badly. I am an Esan Boy."

In a similar development, Kassim Afegbua, has declared his intention to run for the Edo state governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Afegbua said he was offering himself to serve the good people of Edo state. According to the former Commissioner for Information, Edo people are presently disoriented by the politics of highhandedness.