. It ended with Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party as the victor and his rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress coming behind.
Announcing the result of the election, the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner , Mr. Johnson Alalibo, who is the chief returning officer, declared: “Godwin Obaseki of the PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner.” Immediately his declaration as the winner, Obaseki thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for defending democracy and commended INEC and security agencies for not interfering with the process.
“I have consistently advocated for free and fair elections in the country because it is the bedrock of true democratic order. Democracy will mean nothing if the votes of the people don’t count or if their mandate is fraudulently tampered with.” “As the election has been contested and won, I urge His excellency, Governor Obaseki to rise above partisan politics and govern for the good of Edo people, irrespective of party leaning. This is the way to deepen our democracy and bring development to the people.”
“In doing that, they destroyed the party, because they created a faction out of the party with an unconstitutional contraption called Edo People’s Movement, installed a candidate for the party against the wishes of the members and this is the result. They conducted their campaign without a party, using a borrowed platform as it were. This is the result.”
According to the 2019 PDP presidential standard-bearer, “the hard-won victory of Obaseki was not just a victory, but a declaration of independence from the anti-democratic forces of godfatherism and militarism. “Kudos to the INEC. I want to commend President Muhammadu Buhari for demonstrating leadership. I believe his statesmanship in instructing that there must be credible polls is what has given us this level of transparency,” he said.
The party, however, called on INEC to strengthen its processes, particularly the use of card readers to forestall delays witnessed in the accreditation of voters.
Obaseki is BUHARI preferred CANDIDATE no doubt about it. We all know that BUHARI is very slow to react to issues but in this case his reaction was very swift.
2019 formal Governor of Lagos AkinwunmiAmbode refuse to challenge his godfather. 2020 GovernorObaseki defeated his godfather. When will the Youth defeat the old politicians? We either start the journey now, or keep celebrating the victory of old politicians in power.
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