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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
Ex-governor of Edo State Professor Oserheimen Osunbor has said he is seeking to contest for the governorship of the state to enable him complete the excellent job he initiated as governor between May 2007 and November 2008.
He stated this Tuesday evening during a visit to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, in his palace in Benin City, where he sought the monarch’s prayers and support for his gubernatorial race.
Recalling his period as governor, Professor Osunbor said: “So it is my desire to come back and complete my mission and also to contribute in my own way to assist Your Royal Majesty in developing our state to a very enviable level
“To a level beyond what it is now. I know it is in the interest of Your Royal Majesty that whoever is coming to govern the state should be somebody who has the interest of the state and is prepared to do what is required to be able to elevate Edo State to an enviable level.”
Prof. Osunbor told the Oba that he is imbued with traits of excellence and that his slogan while campaigning to govern the state in 2007 was ‘Edo for Excellence’, adding that within the short period of his stay in office he exhibited excellence in governance.
Giving a snippet of his background, he informed the Oba that he scored a first class in his Law programme, the first Nigerian to achieve that feat at the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka.
“I proceeded to the Law School and emerged as the best student in the Nigeria Bar examination in 1976. Without doing a Masters I proceeded to do a Ph.D and in three years completed my Ph.D and started lecturing. In just eight years I applied for a position of Professor and I was appointed a Professor with just eight years teaching experience. This is very rare”, Professor Osunbor stated.
Besides, he recalled that in his days as governor, he initiated a very successful students bursary scheme and ensured that pensioners were paid their pension arrears while ensuring that none of them was owed.
The Oba in his remark, said the capability of the ex-governor was never in doubt and went down memory lane to recall how his guest then a Senator, went the extra length to make him comfortable during the process of his screening in the Senate chambers as an ambassador designate.
He promised him that a prayer team will be made to always put him in prayers so that he would be free from any harm and can achieve his heart desires.
