SundayHeadlines 26th of July 2020 1. 10 wounded as gunshots rock Obaseki campaign launch - 2. FG suspends increase in NIPOST license fees - 10. How Ondo PDP primary was lost and won - Kingbiodun_
• Cars, other valuables damaged at Oba of Benin’s palace• Oba Ewuare II seeks ancestors’ intercession for peaceful election
By the time the PDP delegation got there, supporters of both parties had gathered at the entrance of the palace, armed with guns, cudgels, broken bottles and other dangerous weapons. Obaseki, addressing the rally, accused the APC of causing the violence but asked his supporters to shun thuggery.“Members of the opposition party want to scare us ahead of the September 19 election, but we have a good President. I am urging President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure peaceful, free and fair governorship election in Edo State.”“We left them because of their lawlessness. We will not, no matter how provoked, resort to the same lawlessness.
Tambuwal said votes must count on September 19 and challenged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to note that he has a date with history on that day by delivering a free and fair election. “Booed by the people at the entrance of the palace of our great Oba of Benin for handing Edo State over to PDP tax collectors who are unconscionably feasting on our collective patrimony, Obaseki, as an act of revenge, instructed the thugs and cultists in the state and beyond to attack the people with dangerous arms.
“As a way to avoid responsibility and expected sanction for the undemocratic and criminal destruction of our billboards, Edo governor’s thugs went round Benin City and its environs, deliberately pulling down their own billboards in an orchestrated gimmick meant to portray the false impression of violence on both sides, when in truth, the desperate Obaseki, in cahoots with his PDP godfathers, are the ones threatening the peace of Edo State.
“We call on the Inspector-General of Police and all well-meaning Nigerians to immediately rein in Obaseki and begin the arrest of his recruited thugs, who are committed to causing chaos and violence in a bid to prevent the people who have already voiced their rejection of Edo governor from participating in the election freely and without intimidation.”
“This conduct is not a trait of Edo people and it is condemned in the strongest possible terms, as we are courteous and welcoming to guests.
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