Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has raised alarm of a grand conspiracy by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to manipulate votes by using federal employees to conduct the July 14 governorship election.
The governor disclosed this during an interactive session with members of the Nigerian Bar Association in Edo State at the Police officers’ mess, Benin City. He declared that the pronouncement of the Director-General of National Youth Service Corps ,NYSC, to stop the use of Youth Corps members for the election will only cause confusion in the state.
Comrade Oshiomhole while alleging that the PDP at a meeting in Abuja protested the use of youth corps members for the conduct of the election because they are anticipating violence, noted that it is a reflection of the plot they have in mind.“They protested that they do not want Corpers to conduct the elections because they saw some youth corps members at the venue of our campaigns even when it was obvious that the rallies are held in schools and students are in session. They claimed the decision was due to the violence in the state. Where is the violence in the state?” he asked.
According to him, “they can bring the youth Corps members from anywhere, from Sokoto, from Maiduguri, but we do not want federal employees. This election must be won or lost at the polling booth.”
Comrade Oshiomhole urged the NBA to prevail on the NYSC Director General not to allow anybody to manipulate them , warning that if they allow federal civil servants to be used to conduct the election, they will bring people that will manipulate the election.
The governor who gave account of his stewardship, said he was fired to go into politics because of the poor state of affairs in the state.
Our Benin City Correspondent reports that the governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, Chief Solomon Edebiri , the NBA State Chairman, Razak Isenalume and some members of the bar were present at the interactive session.
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