{"id":219982,"date":"2024-09-23T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/23\/obaseki-sues-for-calm-amidst-pdp-ighodalos-election-loss\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:57:55","slug":"obaseki-sues-for-calm-amidst-pdp-ighodalos-election-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/23\/obaseki-sues-for-calm-amidst-pdp-ighodalos-election-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Obaseki Sues For Calm Amidst PDP, Ighodalo&#8217;s Election Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-895990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot_20231019-073440_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Godwin Obaseki, Edo State\" width=\"1065\" height=\"692\"  \/><br \/>Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, urged citizens in the State to be calm and not resort to violence.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki made the call in a broadcast while reacting to the declaration of Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will \u201cseek resolution for this blatant disregard of law and process\u201d through democratic means.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Peace and justice, he said, would always win in the end and noted that, \u201cthis is my prescription to all the good people of Edo State who feel vexed and violated at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, in the last few months, the various political parties have embarked on very rigorous campaigns to sell their respective candidates for the office of governor to the people of Edo State in an exercise which came to a climax yesterday with the gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is obvious to the least discerning, the amount of impunity and reckless disregard for processes and law that was displayed in this gubernatorial election<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in the midst of this despair, I am urging all my fellow Edo citizens to maintain calm and not resort to violence and destruction of property in spite of this provocation.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO: Edo Guber: Angry PDP Supporters Storm INEC Office, Protest Against Alleged Irregularities<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attractive thing about democracy is the power it bestows on the people to choose who governs them. Therefore, when this power is blatantly seized from the people, it is not just a tragedy, but a travesty of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegrettably, the outcome of the September 21st governorship election appears to have daunted the spirit of many Edo people who feel powerless in the face of the brute force of the institutions that are supposed to protect them. It is therefore understandable that many people feel sad and aggrieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in the midst of this despair, I am urging all my fellow Edo citizens to maintain calm and not resort to violence and destruction of property in spite of this provocation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeace and justice will always win in the end and this is my prescription to all the good people of Edo State who feel vexed and violated at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, it is obvious to the least discerning, the amount of impunity and reckless disregard for processes and law that was displayed in this gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a democracy, there are safeguards for addressing grievances, and we hope that those affected will seek resolution for this blatant disregard of law and process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this in mind, I implore all Edo people to go about their lawful businesses and rest assured of the commitment of our government to your wellbeing and security\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared APC winner with 291,667 votes against the Governor\u2019s candidate, Asue Ighodalo of the PDP, who polled 247,274 votes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-536637376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, urged citizens in the State to be calm and not resort to violence. Obaseki made the call in a broadcast while reacting to the declaration of Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship election. According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obaseki Sues For Calm Amidst PDP, Ighodalo&#039;s Election Loss - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/23\/obaseki-sues-for-calm-amidst-pdp-ighodalos-election-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obaseki Sues For Calm Amidst PDP, Ighodalo&#039;s Election Loss - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, urged citizens in the State to be calm and not resort to violence. 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