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Some Nigerians (of Edo extraction) residents in the United Kingdom have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to interfere in the forthcoming Edo State Governorship Election saying the electorates should be allowed to who governs them amongst the candidates.
The group made the appeal on Thursday when they visited the Nigeria High Commission in London.
According to the spokesperson of the group, Deacon Henry Olovba Edo indigenes in UK are disturbed by the heated atmosphere over the governorship election in the state.
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They therefore handed over a petition handed to the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson with copies sent to the Nigerian Ambassador to the UK at Nigeria High Commission in London demanding for a free, fair, credible and violent free poll.
Speaking on behalf of the group outside the Nigeria High Commission on Thursday, Olovba said: “This is a call from every well-meaning Edo State indigene across Party divide to think of the lives of their loved ones before politics.
“No political ambition of any man is worth the blood of another.”
:We, the Nigerian citizens of Edo State extraction resident in the United Kingdom are appealing to the British Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson and other world leaders to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow Edo State indigenes to determine who governs them.”
“The interference of at the external agencies in the Edo State Election May be a recipe for disaster and likely loss of innocent lives, which will be a costly mistake.”
“A taste of how bloody this interference will be was felt on Saturday 25 July when the State ruling party visited the Oba of Benin at the start of their campaign flagged off.”
“Thugs unleashed mayhem on guests, destroyed vehicles, and shot sporadically in the air. Another bitter scenario was the reported attack on the State main opposition party in Edo North during their campaigns. We don’t want a breakdown of law and order in our State. This is not about party loyalty rather loyalty to life. We are asking the British Government and other world leaders to appeal, on our behalf, to the Federal Government of Nigeria to allow Edo people decide who governs them. Let Edo Decide”.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the governorship election scheduled to hold next Saturday (September 19) is fiercely between the incumbent governor Godwin Obaseki seeking a second term in office on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).