Edo/Ondo polls: We won’t tolerate rigging, PDP govs tell Buhari, INEC

Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have said they won’t tolerate rigging in the Edo and Ondo states’ governorship elections holding on September 19 and October 10,2020 respectiv

ely.

Others were David Umahi , who was represented by his deputy, Mr Eric Igwe; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi ; Seyi Makinde ; Bello Mattawale ; and Godwin Obaseki . He said the governors also believed that INEC, as the electoral umpire, should be allowed to do its job without any hindrance from either the security agencies or any interested party.

“The people must be allowed to be governed by the people of their choice and not state- or security-imposed ones. The PDP-GF also issued a communiqué signed by Tambuwal at the end of the meeting. In the communiqué obtained by one of our correspondents, the governors resolved to set up two committees to coordinate its legislative and legal engagements with the Federal Government.

The forum further resolved to lend its complete and total support to its candidates in Edo and Ondo states, Obaseki and Eyitayo Jegede for them to emerge victorious in the elections. He said, “The commission is irrevocably committed to the conduct of free, fair and transparent elections. The commission’s commitment is exemplified in its creative, innovative and dynamic response to the challenge of conducting elections in a novel pandemic environment accentuated by fear, anxiety and uncertainty.

“Nigerians rejected their tactics in 2015 and 2019. Our people are now better informed and prepared to reject any attempt to return to PDP ways. Edo people know the difference between the APC and the PDP. They will vote APC any day. For us, we are campaigning to win, and by God’s grace and the support of the people, we will win the two states.

Ize-Iyamu also accused the state government of failing to account for the N5bn loan it received from the 2018 Central Bank of Nigeria Agricultural Credit Scheme. Prominent members of the Obaseki family had on Saturday endorsed and pledged their support for Ize-Iyamu. “We are a different branch of faiths; we are supporting our brother, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, with unalloyed support for him. I have supported him before, and I will continue to support him. We will do all our campaigns for him without let or hindrance, fully from the bottom of our hearts.”

“We know the APC candidate will not win this election because he is clearly not a good candidate. Obaseki is the name on everybody’s lips in Edo State. So we do not want our daughter to share in the calamity on September 19. He was said to have reminded the governor that he had failed to fund the different committees set up in the past two weeks.

“There was indeed a meeting with key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party which ended with everyone in high spirits. There was a spirit of cordiality and everyone shared their ideas and input on how to deliver the party in the September 19 governorship election,” he said.The PDP chairman, Secondus, says Nigeria has lost direction and requires prayers and honest leadership to come out of the challenges bedevilling it.

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