Obaseki Triumphs over What Seemed a Great Hurdle – Bode George

…As Edo People Rejected ‘Godfatherism’

The former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has commended the people of Edo State for having spoken loud and clear by vot­ing Governor Godwin Obase­ki the incumbent Governor and candidate for the 2020 governorship election in the state, completely rejecting bullion van democracy and godfatherism politics in the state.

By Time Nigeria

The former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has commended the people of Edo State for having spoken loud and clear by vot­ing Governor Godwin Obase­ki the incumbent Governor and candidate for the 2020 governorship election in the state, completely rejecting bullion van democracy and godfatherism politics in the state.

George maintained that Edo people had spoken without am­biguity, without equivocal ex­pression. He stressed that they were bold and brave for reject­ing the bullion van democracy, pointing out that they stood against outside interlopers.

The former deputy national chairman said that Edo people were firm and committed to the purity of the democratic pro­cess, and in the end, their will prevailed. According to him they made their choice in the person of Governor Godwin Obaseki who himself had braved all odds and all the dark scheming and intrigues of un­democratic forces. He stressed Obaseki triumphed over what seemed a great hurdle.

While congratulating Obaseki, the Atona Odua of Yoruba land stated, “I con­gratulate Governor Godwin Obaseki for this well deserved victory. I congratulate our party managers who pulled through this victory by ensuring that the right things were done at the right time.

“The election was peaceful, fair and just. The security oper­atives were much alert to their responsibilities. The Indepen­dent National Electoral Com­mission (INEC) too conducted itself in a worthy manner. It was apparently neutral and committed itself to the fairness doctrine which is the hallmark of democracy itself.”

He said that President Bu­hari had equally lived up to his words when he observed before the election that he would basi­cally ensure that there would be no interference with the demo­cratic process.

The PDP chieftain stressed that with the Edo election, there might yet be a renewal for the Nigerian democracy with Edo State trail blazing decision. He said that as for those who appro­priated the treasury of Lagos State as their private coffers, brazenly swaggering in their bullion van democracy, it was obvious that their time was up. .

He said, “Even here in La­gos, there is a dawning real­ization that the slave-drivers will soon be chased out of town through the ballot box. Lagosians are equally sick and tired of 21 years underdevelop­ment and massive gutting of their treasury. Enough of the primitive monetized ways of godfatherism.”