People’s
Democratic Party candidate in the just-concluded gubernatorial election in Edo
state Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Friday said God told him to recover his mandate.
Addressing
protesters in Benin, the state capital, Ize-Iyamu alleged that INEC robbed him
and his party – the PDP when it announced Godwin Obaseki of the All
Progressives Congress APC as the winner of the state governorship election.
He said that the
alleged robbery of the Edo people’s mandate would not stand, adding that he had
been seeking God’s intervention in the past few days.
Ize-Iyamu said
his supporters had refused to be violent despite the alleged fake result
announced by INEC.
He said that it
was lamentable that those who were given the victory by INEC were ashamed of
celebrating the victory.
The state PDP
Chairman Dan Orbih, said the party was going to put everything in place to
defend democracy.
Orbih appealed
to protesters to keep the peace while embarking on the street protests, adding
that the will of the people must prevail.
The recently
held Edo governorship election has pitched the people of Edo State against the
Independent National Electoral Commission, analyst are expecting to see fireworks
at the election tribunals and law courts.
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