Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki has described his victory at the Supreme Court on Friday as "freedom and emancipation" for the people of the state.
The governor said this while addressing a large gathering in Benin City, the state capital, on Tuesday as part of the celebration to mark Friday’s Supreme Court victory.
“For us in Edo, this victory means freedom and emancipation; it means that we must rededicate ourselves to our people because democracy is all about the people.
Restating that the Supreme Court victory had put an end to godfather syndrome in the state, Obaseki added that the fight all along was for us to cooperate with a few persons to share Edo commonwealth.
“They wanted us to continue to feed godfathers. If I had agreed with them, there would not have been any fight in the first place,” he said.
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“Democracy isn’t about an individual or godfather.
“We have defeated the godfather finally in Edo in our quest to take Edo to where it should be,” Obaseki said.
“The kind of attitude they started in Edo to cage the state is what is going on in Nigeria today. We don’t have much resources, but we have been able to use the little we have in developing the state.
“Until we change our mindset and mentality that taxpayers’ money is meant to work for the people, development will be out of our reach. Unless we change our mentality and mindset, Nigeria will not move forward. We have to pray to God so that what happened in Edo will also happen in the entire country,” he said
