People’s Democratic Party (PDP), still riding on the buoyancy of their victory in the Edo governorship election, has reacted through a press release to the statement by the defeated governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
PDP said that it was “only the currency of hope that is left to share within the APC and EPM”.
The press release, signed by Chris Osa Nehikhare; SPS PDP Edo State, reads:
“…It is not for the benevolence of the butcher that we have meat on the table, it is for his own selfish interest!
We read a press statement credited to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, where he declared that he will not contest his defeat at the election petition tribunal but continue the cases he instituted against the PDP and Governor Godwin Obaseki.
While we hold that Ize-Iyamu has the right to approach the courts for whatever reason, it is trite for him to allude to the cases the PDP filed against him as the reason for his actions. This attempt to justify a legal action against the PDP and Governor Obaseki is disingenuous and destined to fail.
As they say, hope is the currency of politicians. We aware that the only currency left to share within the APC and EPM is the currency of hope. The futile pre-election matter is to act as oxygen for the few remaining Edo people still in APC/EPM bondage. They are to be fed hope as a strategy so that the shackles fitted to their ankles and wrists can be maintained.
The defeated APC candidate stated that the election, which has been adjudged as one of the best in the history of the country, was characterized by violence, manipulation, disenfranchisement amongst others, but will not challenge it. We reject and condemn his jaundiced position on the election and which to advise him to show respect to the wishes of Edo people. He should respect their views and decisions as Edo have been very kind to him!
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu should know that he cannot retrieve what he lost at the polls at the court.
The PDP, Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo people are waiting for him.
The reality is that Edo has been reset and all hands are needed to sustain the gains of the last four years and move the state to greater heights”.