President Tinubu Cannot Take Edo State For APC – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has come out to say that it is battle-ready to confront and prevent vote thieves in the upcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.

The PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, PDP would not permit anyone to seize, steal, and abscond with their victory in Edo and Ondo because the party believes in Nigeria’s democratic dispensation, and there are rules that must be followed.

He added that President Tinubu cannot also say he’ll take Edo State for his party because Edo is not Lagos.

His words, “From the way these candidates emerge, it has shown that we are truly democratic. Also, this should give you the faith that what you want to embark on will yield the desired fruits.

I watched the remarks; especially where the President said he will take Edo for his party, APC. As we have always said, he has tried it before, and we have a slogan that ‘Edo no be Lagos.’

So I want to use this opportunity to stress that we are in a democratic dispensation and there are rules that must be followed.

We will not sit down and allow anybody to snatch, grab, and run with our victory. We are battle-ready for any thief that rears head to steal our fortune. We have done so well in Edo State. We thank the Governor, Godwin Obaseki. We are very proud of him. And our records in that state speak volumes.

So to those that think they will take Edo, I want to tell them that it will be difficult for them because we are in a democratic dispensation. We will not make the mistakes we have made before. And this time, there is no announcement of results in the middle of the night.

You are now more committed, more resolved. You have a brand new candidate who is so much endowed with wisdom. And, if I can say, his emergence has a hand of God in it. Because, to tell you the fact, we never gave him any opportunity to emerge.

But because we said, let it be free and fair, he emerged without any blemish. And I believe most of those who contested with him are here today, to show you that we are truly a democratic party.

We don’t grab. We don’t steal. We work with the people and we open our hands to them and we show them what we will do for them.

We know their concoction. We know what they do. So for those going to Ondo, you have a very daunting task before you. You have to open and shine your eyes. They will come with all sorts of antics, but this time around, we are ready for them.”