Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has attributed the
adjudged free and fair governorship election in Edo State to the threat of visa
ban on politicians by the United Kingdom and the United States prior to the
polls.
Incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki defeated his closest
challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie
Ize-Iyamu in the election.
Before the election proper, there were fears of violence and
massive rigging from both sides.
The Oba of Benin had even called a peace meeting among
leaders of the two leading political parties, APC and PDP.
But Wike, who was the Chairman of the PDP Campaign Council
for the Edo election believes that a free and fair election became possible
because of the threat of visa ban recently made by the US and UK.
Last Monday, the US government announced the ban on some
Nigerians, who undermined the country’s democracy by involving in election
rigging.
Wike, who appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise daily on
Friday, said, “They were out to win at all cost but I think that one thing that
played out which I noticed was that take for example, the US, the UK came to
say, ‘look, there will be a visa ban if anybody tries anything in terms of
violence, in terms of rigging …so everyone was just careful… ‘look, I don’t
want to have a problem. I don’t want my family to have problem. We all go to UK
every time.”
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