Lonely at the Top: Obaseki Spotted Looking Miserable at INEC Collation Centre as APC Sweeps Edo Polls (Photos)

Lonely at the Top: Obaseki Spotted Looking Miserable at INEC Collation Centre as APC Sweeps Edo Polls (Photos)It’s lonely at the top (Lonely, lonely, lonely)As Governor Obaseki sits at the INEC collation center, the frustration on his face says it all. The man who once boasted about his “do or die” approach to politics now looks like he’s at his final bus stop. With APC cruising to victory in the Edo gubernatorial polls, reality is dawning hard, and it’s not a pretty sight.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

In the photos circulating, we even catch a glimpse of his godson, Asue Ighodalo, already nodding off beside him, exhausted not just from the long day but from the realization that they’ve been completely defeated. The look of desperation on Obaseki’s face is priceless — it’s like watching someone finally understand they’ve hit a dead end.

For a man who once claimed that “Nigeria would burn,” it seems like all that heat has been reduced to ashes. The APC train is speeding ahead, leaving him behind, and he’s clearly feeling every bit of it. From the highs of political power to this moment of reckoning, Obaseki has truly come to his final stop.

Guess it’s true what they say: “It’s lonely at the top”

Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah is the Chairman and CEO of Bush Radio Academy.