Obaseki Says Edo Guber Poll Falls Below What They Expected, Alleges Vote Buying

By Daniel Dafe
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that he is not satisfied with what has played in the governorship election of the state taking place today.

Obaseki is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the incumbent Governor of Edo State.

Obaseki who spoke to journalists after voting earlier today said: “The election is not within the standards that we expected.

“Its the only in the county and i see know reason why this should be happening.”

According to him, with the 31, 000 policemen mobilised for the election, the poll ought to be more organmised.

Speaking further, he said that it took him over an hour to be able to cast his vote, adding that the little order witnessed at his polling unit could be because he is the incumbent governor.

“What happens in other places,” he quizzed?

Furthermore, he said that people not voting in the polling unit should not have any business been around.

Obaseki alleged that around his polling unit, cars were parked around havong people who were on a mission to buy votes in his polling unit.

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Meanwhile, also, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, through Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser, has cried out that “there is an ongoing deliberate election manipulation in areas where he has strongholds.

Daily Post reports that according to him: “Suddenly, card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular.

“Voters are being disenfranchised and we are constrained to say that this is sabotage.

“Specifically, in Oredo Ward 1, Unit 20 and other places where the Governor is clearly popular, the card readers are not working.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should prove to Edo voters that it can conduct a credible election in Edo State.”