By Sam Omatseye

Godwin picks Godwins and he might think there is a God in all of it. But the governor of Edo State may go down as the biggest violator of the rule of law in the history of this republic. He kept a legislature like a mouse in the cage.

The lawmakers became happy pawns in the hand of the man whose ancestry is known for playing outside the law and noble path of history.

He will descend into history as impeaching a deputy the same day the man is accused and swears in his replacement. It is what you call answer before the question. The same Obaseki, whose stewardship is such an anticlimax for a man who betrayed his boss and ditched his fellow traitor. If his former deputy Shaibu acted the way he did, it was because Obaseki did not treat him as a human being.

If you don’t want a deputy to succeed you as governor, call him aside first and tell him. He didn’t. In politics, reward does not follow sacrifice. Obaseki showed that. First to Adams, and later to Shaibu. His worst victim of betrayal is Edo State. He performed poorly as chief executive. His forbears also betrayed the kingdom.

This same Obaseki set himself against the palace on artefacts, betraying his king. He may be the first in Nigerian history to betray both state and kingdom.

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