Edo Election Undemocratic, Everybody Knows Who Won \u2014 Peter Obi<\/p>\n
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised the conduct of the September 21, 2024, Edo State governorship election, calling it one of the most undemocratic in Nigeria\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
In the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner. Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes, ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who scored 247,274 votes. Labour Party\u2019s candidate, Olumide Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the memorial service for the late Chief Edwin Clark on Wednesday, Obi questioned the credibility of the electoral process and expressed deep concern over the state of democracy in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a country now that is not democratic. We are not a democratic country. Let\u2019s tell ourselves the truth. Is the election, the election that happened in Edo, is it democratic? Just the last election in Edo, it\u2019s the most un-democratic election. Everybody knows who won that election. So why are we keeping it and saying, let\u2019s their work not be in vain. It is in vain. So we can start picking the pieces now, because they\u2019ve destroyed everything, people have sacrificed for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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