The All Progressives Congress
governorship candidate in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has declared
that he will not be a puppet to any godfather if elected governor of Edo
State in the Saturday’s election.
Obaseki made the declaration during an interview monitored on Television Continental on Wednesday.
“I will not be a puppet to any godfather or godmother if I become governor of Edo State,” Obaseki said.
The APC candidate said if he needed to
be a puppet to anybody, he would rather be a puppet to the good people
of Edo State, whose general mandate he was seeking to become their
governor.
Obaseki described Governor Adams
Oshiomhole as a true democrat who, according to him, does not even like
to be seen as a godfather, let alone expect someone to be his puppet.
He commended the achievements of the
Adams Oshiomhole administration and promised to continue work on the
good template already set by the governor so that he could move the
state to greater heights.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has
disclosed that it has provided venues in Agbor, Delta State and Ore,
Ondo state for candidates writing the General Certificate Examination
(GCE) on Saturday, September 10 in Edo State due to the Edo state
governorship election that is expected to hold on the same day in the
centres the candidates were suppose to use for the exam.
This is coming after INEC and security operatives in the state have
refuse to grant the request of the council to allow students
participating ion the exam and other exam functionaries free movement on
that day since movement will be restricted in the state due to the
election.
