Ace journalist and politician, Dele Momodu, has slammed the lawmaker representing Edo North, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, over his controversial statement about the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, and his wife, Betsy.
Recall that Oshiomhole in a press interview had said Governor Obaseki and his wife do not have children and have also failed to adopt.
The former Edo state governor made the remark while reacting to Mrs Obaseki’s comment that PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo is the only gubernatorial candidate who has a wife.
During her speech at the PDP’s campaign flag-off at the Ubiaja Township Stadium in Esan South-East Local Government Area, Mrs Obaseki introduced Ifeyinwa Ighodalo to the crowd, emphasising the importance of having a woman in the Government House.
“Let us vote for the best candidate in this coming election, and I want to introduce the wife. Incidentally, among all the candidates, only one has a wife, and it’s our own party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo. Only he has a wife. This is the wife, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Ighodalo. Edo women know that only one candidate has a wife. Better things come to women when there’s a woman in the Government House. All women in Edo, regardless of party, should see the candidate who has a wife. They will take us higher only the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo,” Mrs Obaseki said.
Reacting to the comment on Saturday, Oshiomhole said that Mrs Obaseki is not in a position to remark on other people‘s marital status given that she and her husband do not have any kids.
In a post shared on Instagram this morning, Momodu said he was ‘’shocked and mortified” by Oshiomole’s comment and prayed that he finds the courage to apologise publicly to Obaseki’s family as being childless is not a crime.
He stated that Oshiomhole went too far by making such unflattering statement.
‘’My very dear Egbon Comrade ADAMS, Sir, I have watched this video endlessly and to say I’m shocked and mortified at how low you sank is to put it mildly. I pray you will find the courage to apologise publicly for this horrendous tantrum. It is never a crime to be childless. You could easily have said your candidate has a wife and children and leave it there but you went too far in this diatribe. Is it more than POLITICS?!!” he wrote.
