Governorship candidates of different political parties for the September 19 election in Edo State on Wednesday decried their exclusion from a peace meeting called by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, to address the spate of violence ahead of the elections.
There have been accusations and counter-accusations by the two parties over claims of violent attacks by alleged thugs in the past month. Amiemenoghena Akhalamhe, a candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, urged the Oba of Benin to reconvene a peace meeting involving all the 14 governorship candidates in the election.
“I just heard of it now, I was not informed. Although we have not been violent in our approach to campaigns. It is the two giant parties, as they call themselves, that someone should fear. If our Oba invites me, I must attend,” Mr Obayagbon said. While noting that the election was not a do-or-die affair, he said the politicians must note that they have only this state to call their own and thus must do everything to protect it from disintegration.
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