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2016 Edo Governorship Election: Group cautions against imposing candidates

By NAN
10 January 2016   |   12:19 pm
A socio-political group, Ikpoba-Okha Grassroots Mobilisation Network (IGMN), on Sunday cautioned political bigwigs in Edo against imposing governorship candidates on the people.
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A socio-political group, Ikpoba-Okha Grassroots Mobilisation Network (IGMN), on Sunday cautioned political bigwigs in Edo against imposing governorship candidates on the people.

This is contained in a statement in Benin, signed by the ‎Coordinator of the group, Mr Osakpamwan Osa-Uto.
The group urged Gov. Adams Oshiomhole to wage war against acts capable of derailing the electoral process, within the ambit of his powers, ahead of the Governorship poll, this year.‎

Osa-Uto appealed to all political stakeholders in Edo to work for a free, fair and credible gubernatorial election, as well as ensure that all party primaries were legitimate.

‎‎He said:It has become imperative to speak on this issue, against the growing apprehension among party faithful, on the allegation that our governor has adopted a particular candidate.
Anything capable of creating crisis in the ruling party‎ must be avoided.

We strongly condemn the imposition of any candidate and use this medium to advice those intending to do so to desist from such act.‎
We recall when Oshiomhole was coming into power that his slogan was: “No God-fatherism and let the People Lead“.

We want our governor to ensure that his party holds a free and fair primary and allow the Edo people to choose the right person to govern them.
The free and fair primary elections that the ruling party co

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