Cajetan Mmuta 
Indigent young graduates of Edo State origin, under the aegis of the ‘Bury Godfatherism in Edo’ yesterday declared that the September 19 governorship election will mark the end of ‘godfatherism’ in the state politics. Coordinator of the group, Osaro Idemudia, recalled how in 2007, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole fought and defeated godfatherism during the hay days of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, saying therefore that such political overture must be rejected in its entirety.
The group described as humiliating the disqualification of incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki by the panel set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he stood his ground to resist Comrade Oshiomhole’s dictatorial tendencies in the state.
“The mission to finally bury godfatherism this September is a task that must be accomplished by all” the group said, assuring Governor Obaseki that “wherever you go, we will go; wherever you choose, we will choose; your party shall be our party, and your God will be our God.”
