Edo election: Buhari warns politicians against inciting violence
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged politicians not to involve in any balehavior capable of marring upcoming gubernatorial election in Edo state.
Adams Oshiomhole, the immediate past governor of Edo State, on Monday conveyed the president’s message while addressing State House journalists after a closed-door deliberation with the president.
The former APC chairman was sighted alongside Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the president’s chief of staff dressed in his usual comrade attire walking Buhari’s office.
He further noted that President Buhari is intent on having a hitchfree electoral process, without violence, adding that the laws are clear as to what should be done when people misuse firearms.
The comrade said Buhari will not condone the use of unlawful weapons, violence, to intimidate the electorate.
He added that the president’s position is always clear that the rights of the electorate must be respected.
The former governor of Edo state alleged that some APC governors are pitching the PGF’s director-general, Salihu Lukman, against him.
While responding to an assertion made by the forum that he might be attempting to stage a come back as the party boss, Oshiomhole accused Ekiti state governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, of unilaterally appointing Lukman as the PGF’s DG.
He told the State House correspondents that he would not engage in a dirty fight with the DG.
In a related development, an alleged plot to return Oshiomhole was uncovered by a chieftain of the party, Salihu Lukman.
Lukman who is the director-general of PGF claimed there were moves to undermine the caretaker committee to achieve the goal ahead of the party’s national convention.
He said in a letter to the caretaker committee said the plot is being hatched to use the Edo governorship poll to bully APC leaders to submission.
Lukman also claimed that Oshiomhole and some APC leaders “are not preparing to approach the Edo election based on fair contests.
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