Reno Omokri said, the recently conducted Edo State Governorship Election 2024 was “free, fair and transparent”.
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| Reno Omokri. Photo: @renoomokri |
He fulfilled the “promise” he made which is to dance “if Labour loses the #EdoDecides24”.
Monday Okpebholo of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Asue Ighodalo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) in the Edo State Governorship Election 2024.
He was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In his reaction, Reno Omokri said:
The Edo election was largely free, fair and transparent and overwhelmingly reflected the freely given will of the people of Edo State.
If you take the time to see the negative fall out, they are almost all from people and celebrities who are not from Edo State and do not live there. I have family, businesses, buildings, and employees in Edo State, and as such, I have an ear to the ground.
I see too many people being emotional over the outcome of the #EdoDecides24. Emotions are good for activism and sometimes for chasing women if you are a romantic. But they do not win elections on Election Day or at the courts. If you want to win, you have got to be rational.
This was an election of one godfather against the other. It was not Ighodalo who was defeated. He is an excellent candidate. It was Obaseki who was rejected. It was not Okpebholo that won. It was Oshiomhole and Shaibu.
If Ighodalo and Okpebholo had gone mano a mano, without the aid of godfathers in the picture, I am convinced that Ighodalo would have won.
The only difference between the two contending camps is that Obaseki relied on his office, while Oshiomhole and Shaibu focused on the people.
And since politics is about addition, Oshiomhole and Shaibu won the political arithmetics.
Obaseki failed to understand that in politics, no matter your position, you must still try to avoid subtraction. No matter how popular you think, you are, if your opponent is practising addition and you are implementing subtraction, the result of the election is a foregone conclusion, even if you allow social media to mislead you. Remember, there are no polling booths on the Internet.
Reno Omokri
Watch – Reno Omokri dancing after APC win in Edo State Guber 2024:
I Promised To Dance If Labour Loses the #EdoDecides24. Enjoy the Dance! pic.twitter.com/MnpRMQZDmb
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) September 21, 2024
The Edo election was largely free, fair and transparent and overwhelmingly reflected the freely given will of the people of Edo State.
If you take the time to see the negative fall out, they are almost all from people and celebrities who are not from Edo State and do not live…
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) September 23, 2024
