The chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, said the party is ready for the governorship
election in Edo State.
He, however, urged security agents to put modalities in place in
order to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was prevented
from perpetrating violence during the election.
“I must confess that I am stunned, surprised, suspicious and even
beginning to wonder if the security
concerns expressed by security
agents is not beginning to play itself out.
“But whatever happens, we have to prepare ourselves. INEC is the
final arbiter on this issue. I have to make two appeals. Security agents
must do everything humanly possible to make sure that the security
threats that they perceived, some of which some of us as party leaders
have come across, are contained.
“I think in the interest of the nation, they will do everything they
possibly can to make sure that the fear that has been expressed do not
materialise, because we take their views seriously.
“Secondly, (my) appeal will be to the voters of Edo State not to be
distracted by the seeming contradictions and confusions by fears of
insecurity.
“We have been ready for the elections, even though we heard rumours
of threats, but as civilians, we did not know it was as grave as this.
“As APC, we are ready, we are very confident of victory. We have a
wise electorate who will vote for performance and continuity of that
performance,” he said.
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