There’s No Need For Bloodshed During Edo Elections – Obaseki

The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Gov. Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that there should be no form of violence during the election.

He revealed this recently in Benin during a one-day prayer and fasting for a peaceful election organized for all the governorship candidates ahead of the election.

According to him, an election is supposed to be a contest where people go to sell their ideas, and citizens in their own free will go and vote for those ideas they believe in.

He added that by the Grace of God, the state will focus on purely voting and there won’t be any bloodshed.

His words, “If government is doing as much as expected, Nigeria will be a heaven because I see what the church does with little resources they have.

“When government fails, it is the church that carries the burden.

“As a governor, how many people have I interfaced with today.

“Many people have not been able to pay school fees and hospitals bill.

“When people are not able to meet their daily obligations, they are not able to eat, they go to the pastor or the church.

“But if government has done things it is supposed to do, it’s able to provide an enabling environment for people to do business, provide good education and provide quality primary healthcare.

“Thank God for the church we have today; thank God for the men and women we have in church today; I am glad and blessed that these men and women are my pillar.

“The church is the pillar on which we rest, and therefore, I have no fear whatsoever.

“I take actions and people say you are very courageous, it’s not me but God. I have the church behind me; I have God behind me, so why should I be afraid.

“Ordinarily an election is supposed to be a contest where people go to sell their ideas and citizens in their own free will go and vote for those ideas they believe in.

“It shouldn’t be one where people will do anything to get power.

“Election should not be the one we shed blood, because election will always come, if you die in an election, you will not be there in the next one to vote. So there is no need for violence.

“It’s unfortunate that where we are today, we are all afraid that there will trouble, there will be crisis and violence.

“But by the Grace of God, we will all come out and vote and there won’t be any bloodshed.

“There is no need for any violence, if anybody decides to act in a violent manner, just walk away, because our life is very precious and I said I have a covenant with God.

“If it will cause the blood of anybody for me to get into power, he should not let me have power.”