Ahead of the
September 10 governorship election in Edo state, the Iyase of Udo Kingdom in
the state, Patrick Igbinidu, has placed what seems like a curse on his
subjects
who votes against the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr
Godwin Obaseki, in the election billed to hold next week.
The monarch placed
this curse yesterday when he received Obaseki and members of his campaign team
at the palace, in Udo, near Benin, in Ovia South West local government area of
Benin.
This calls to mind
the widely-reported threat by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu in April last
year, that Lagos residents of Igbo descent who failed to vote for the APC
governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, in the Lagos election, risk
drowning in the lagoon.
Toeing the same path
yesterday, the Edo monarch said, “The ancestors of the land await those who
will vote against the governorship candidate of the APC, Mr Godwin Obaseki.
“You all have seen
it; this is who the Udo people should support, who said he won’t vote for him,
he should wait for the ancestors. The entire Udo kingdom should vote for him
and anyone who gives his votes to another person is on his own.
“You all should
support him because he is the person who Oshiomhole, our benefactor, have
chosen to succeed him.”
Igbinidu explained
that his position stems from the development strides of the incumbent Governor,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, particularly as regards the dualisation of the road
leading to the kingdom, Siloko road.
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