The Senator representing the Edo North Senatorial District at the Senate, Sen. Adams Oshiomhole, has recounted how much winning his senatorial election meant to him.
The APC Senator said that his blood pressure would have risen if he had lost his senatorial ambition.
Oshiomhole disclosed this during the post-inauguration and victory party hosted in his honour by friends and political supporters at his country home, Iyamho, Etsako, Edo, on Saturday.
“If you have voted against me, I don’t know if my blood pressure will now be 240/0360, if I’m still alive.
“Because the jubilation by the opponent would have been such that they would come and lock my small door and break my small bones, but you said no”, Oshiomhole told his supporters.
The former Edo state governor noted that many governors lost in their bids to become senators, adding that it would have been a shame for him if he also lost.
He thanked the people of Edo North for voting for him as a senator after leaving office as governor.
He also thanked the people for voting for President Bola Tinubu in the presidential election, adding that the Edo-North district was the only district where Tinubu won in Edo.
“There were sitting governors who contested for the Senate across the country, and many of them lost. I left office seven years ago, and my people still honored me with victory. How can I thank you enough?
“Afeanmi people, when you go back to your wards and units, tell your people that I am very, very grateful.
“During the campaign, I told you if you want to give me one vote, give it to Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Oshiomohole faced stiff opposition in the build-up to the 2023 elections and was at a time jeered and booed at one of his campaign outings by youths reportedly to be supporters of the Labour Party.
