Edo Election: PDP Registered 8,000 Militants, Oshiomhole Tells IGP

The EDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in connivance with some state governors had registered about 8,000 militants with the intention of using them to manipulate the governorship election in the state.


This came as the Rivers State government denied the allegation, adding moral support was only provided to the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, governorship candidate in the state.

Speaking while receiving the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim at the Government House, Benin City, yesterday, Oshiomhole said: “In line with my tradition, I have always tried to speak out on any matter that I am worried about. I first raised this alarm on the eve of INEC Continuing Voters’ Registration exercise, an exercise that has been designed to register those who have become eighteen between the last registration
and the current one.

“They are exporting militants to Edo State to register so that with the PVC in their hands, they will appear to have the lawful basis to be present at the designated polling units where they are expected to unleash violence on election day.

“Now, as part of the processes they put in place to effect this, they had conspirators in INEC that made available to them data capturing machine in the residences of various opposition leaders. We shared these experiences with the police and the DSS.”

Earlier, the Police boss said, “We are on a working visit. We have come here to interact with our officers and colleagues from other security agencies to see that the election we are having in a few days time is carried out in a seamless manner.

“Our presence here shows the synergy between the security agencies working in the state. This is an assurance that there is a lot of cooperation between us and other security agencies, and it is an
assurance that we are definitely sure that in a few days time, we are going
to have a successful governorship election in Edo State.”