By: Admin
It is not yet uhuru for Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki as seven of the governorship candidates who participated in the September 19 Edo State governorship election are considering a legal action against him and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Obaseki was declared winner of the election after he pulled the highest number of valid votes cast to defeat his arch-rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The seven governorship candidates who addressed Journalists in Benin, the Edo State Capital under the aegis of Edo 2020 Governorship Candidates Forum, said the election was near perfection and that it could still be better with time.
Speaking through its spokesperson, Bishop Akhalamhe, the forum said “We the undersigned governorship candidates in the 2020, election under the above named forum wish to appreciate the Patriotic roles played by members of the press before, during and after the election.”
“We are positive that, the election was near perfection, though some of the candidates are making arrangements to file their cases in the tribunal resulting from some observed abnormalities. “
“In the conduct of the election, and the forum supports them in order to deepen our democracy. Filling a collective suit is also in consideration by this forum, and we may filled our suit soonest,” they said.
They commended the roles played by the Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The group also commended the Oba of Benin for his fatherly role before, during and after the election which has brought about peace in the state.
Members of the forum are; Bishop Akhalamhe, ZLP, Idehen Osagie Lucky, APGA, Elder Felix Obayangbon, SDP, Steve Ozomo, NRM, Pst. (AMB) Amos Areloegbe, CNA, Amb. Ebun Tracy Agol, NNPP and Edemakhuota Godwin for AA candidate.
