…”It’s do or die” – Obaseki
Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Ilia Damagun, yesterday, declared that the Edo State September 21st governorship election will be a test for the country’s democracy, urging Nigerians to focus their eyes on the state.
Addressing a mega rally of the party at Garrick Memorial Secondary school in Benin City, attended by the Presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and several PDP governors, Damagun said “You have to kill or arrest all of us if you have to take this state.
“You may have gang but we have God. To INEC, we don’t want that midnight result announcement. It is not a threat but we will defend our votes with our blood”, he said, promising that PDP will continue to give Edo State good governance.
He later presented what he called “the flag of victory” to the governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Asue Ighodalo.
In his speech, Ighodalo promised to take the state to the next level, saying Obaseki has built a solid foundation for the state.
Besides, he pledged that he would be transparent and govern with integrity, adding that he believed governor Godwin Obaseki and President Bola Tinubu assurances that the election will be free and fair.
Earlier, Governor Obaseki had described the governorship election as “existential threat” adding “This election is a do or die. If they do, we will die”.
On his part, the party’s Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Adolphous Wabara, urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, not to announce results of the election until he is sure.
He further urged the INEC boss to correct the wrongs of the 2023 general elections and go on a peaceful retirement.
Also speaking, former Vice President Abubakar and Presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 Presidential election, urged the Edo people to vote for the PDP, “defend and protect their votes”, saying that “PDP is winning next week”.
Several governors of the party from other states, who attended the campaign rally, spoke in similar vein and urged the people to vote for Asue Ighodalo and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie.
Daily Sun