Your Bid To Pursue Pre-Election Matters Will Fail, Edo PDP Tells Ize-Iyamu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has reacted to the decision of the defeated candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last month’s election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to pursue his pre-election cases against Governor Godwin Obaseki and the PDP.

Ize-Iyamu had said over the weekend that he would not challenge his defeat at the guber poll at the election petition tribunal but would continue legal battles of his cases against the governor and his party.

But, the Edo PDP in a statement issued on Monday by its Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, said Ize-Iyamu’s decision was headed for failure.

Nehikhare added that despite the fact that the APC candidate had the right to approach the courts for whatever reason, “it is trite for him to allude to the cases the PDP filed against him as the reason for his actions.”

Continuing, the PDP spokesman said: “This attempt to justify a legal action against the PDP and Governor Obaseki is disingenuous and destined to fail

“As they say, hope is the currency of politicians. We are aware that the only currency left to share within the APC and Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) is the currency of hope.

“The futile pre-election matter is to act as oxygen for the few remaining Edo people still in APC/EPM bondage. They are to be fed hope as a strategy so that the shackles fitted to their ankles and wrists can be maintained.

“The defeated APC candidate stated that the election, which has been adjudged as one of the best in the history of the country, was characterised by violence, manipulation, disenfranchisement amongst others, but will not challenge it.

“We reject and condemn his jaundiced position on the election and wish to advice him to show respect to the wishes of Edo people. He should respect their views and decisions as Edo has been very kind to him!

“Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu should know that he cannot retrieve what he lost at the polls at the court.

“The PDP, Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo people are waiting for him”.

According to the APC spokesman, Edo “has been reset and all hands are needed to sustain the gains of the last four years and move the state to greater heights”.