Controversy surrounds Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s remark about Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki’s wife, Betsy, stating she “has no child.”
The comment came after Betsy spoke at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign flag-off in Ubiaja, Esan south-east LGA, on Thursday.
At the event, Betsy introduced Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, wife of PDP governorship candidate Asue Ighodalo, to the crowd.
Betsy emphasized that Ighodalo was the only governorship candidate in the September 21 election with a wife, urging women to vote for him, as it would promote women’s empowerment.
“Let’s campaign and vote for the best candidate in this forthcoming election. I want to introduce his wife. Incidentally, out of all the candidates contesting this election, only one has a wife,” Betsy said.
“That is our own party candidate — Asue Ighodalo. This is his wife, Ifeyinwa Ighodalo.”
Reacting in an interview with journalists, Oshiomhole said he was shocked to hear Betsy say Monday Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has no wife.
The former Edo governor claimed that Betsy and his husband have no child and did not adopt.
“I was shocked yesterday to see Mrs Obaseki, the first lady, saying our candidate has no wife. I’m sorry she had to say that because here is a woman who has no child. Between him (sic) and Obaseki, they are childless. They are not even ready to adopt,” Oshiomhole said.
“I don’t blame anybody who doesn’t have a child but people who have love for children go to a motherless home and adopt. They have not adopted. They are both in their sixties.
“Our candidate not only has children, he has invested in the education of those children, such that the first one who spoke (at a campaign rally) is a lawyer, and the second is a medical doctor. They addressed the crowd in Edo south, Edo central and north, and their mother was there.”
Oshiomhole’s comment against Betsy has elicited reactions on X .
