Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other, By Azu Ishiekwene
I can imagine that folks in Edo Central must be fancying the clash between Obaseki, who is from the South, and Shaibu who is from the North.
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I can imagine that folks in Edo Central must be fancying the clash between Obaseki, who is from the South, and Shaibu who is from the North.
It’s more than one year to the next governorship election in Edo State, which prides itself on being the “heartbeat of the nation”. But in a maelstrom that has forced the state’s heart to beat faster than is good for it, you would be forgiven to think the election is tomorrow. The bad blood between |
The political firmament in Edo State has been polluted heavily in the last three months as the romance between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy,
The EDSIEC Chairman, Justice James Oyomire (retd.), said that the PDP candidates were declared winners having scored the highest number of valid votes in the election.
The Edo State government on Saturday held its local government council elections which were reported peaceful in most parts of the state but with complaints of incomplete election materials. In parts of Edo North like the Akoko-Edo local government area, election materials arrived early in most polling units and voting started in some areas as early as 8 a.m. and the exercise went smoothly without hitches.