Edo State Governor, Godwin
Obaseki on Thursday faulted the Presidential candidate of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who claimed that he defeated President
Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), with about 1.6 million
votes.
According to him, it was mere
hallucination.
Obaseki spoke with State House
correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
Asked to respond to Atiku
Abubakar’s claim that he won the elections with about 1.6 millions, Obaseki
simply said, “You heard the word, they are hallucinating”
According to him, he was at the
State House to congratulate President Buhari and also to discuss some
developmental issues that have to do with the South-South and South East being
the only APC governor in the area.
He said, “I came to congratulate
the President on his victory in the pools. If you understand the Nigerian
politics, I am the only APC governor in the South South and South East. So, it
means I must keep a very close relationship with my President.”
On what he discussed with him, he
said, “It is just issues pertaining to the region, economic development of the
region, security and how to make progress in the next four years.
He said that his discussion with
the President had nothing to do with politics.
“Well, I didn’t come to discuss
politics. INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) will determine what
it needs to do, and as a compliant party we will accept the decisions of INEC.”
He also said that his party has
nothing to worry about in the Saturday’s supplementary election in Rivers State
as it has no candidates in the election.
On what his administration was
doing to curb insecurity in Northern part of Edo State where some police
officers including a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), he said that those
involved in the act had been rounded up.
He said “Security in that part of
the state has been a concern to us and fortunately the Police stepped up
investigation of the killings in Afuze Police Station last week and I am happy
to report that the culprits have been found.
“They are hoodlums who wanted to
release one of their colleagues in the police cell. They did it in such a
gruesome manner by killing four police officers including the DPO who Watson
duty at that time.
“They have been arrested and they
have made useful confession. We are still investigating to see how this
activity is related to such similar activities that we witnessed in that part
of the state over the past one year.”
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Please Obaseki, you're not a politician, so focus on your work and leave politics for politicians
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