Edo Election: Nobody can play God, Ike Ekweremadu maintains

Former Deputy President of the Senate and member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for the Edo State governorship poll, Ike Ekweremadu, has declared that Governor Godwin Obaseki’s victory has shown that human beings could not play God.

He stated this in a statement in Abuja while congratulating Obaseki on his victory in Saturday’s governorship election.

Ekweremadu commended the Edo people, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies for rising to the occasion in ensuring a smooth and successful exercise.

Insisting that the country had witnessed dwindling fortunes in its electoral process in recent years, he stressed that the Edo election had proved, once again, that no man could effectively play God.

“I join other Nigerians to congratulate Governor Obaseki and the PDP on this well-deserved victory. While our electoral processes still leave much to be desired, I must say that compared to recent elections, the Edo State governorship poll has renewed hope that we can get our elections right.

“This is given the conduct of the electorate, INEC, security agencies and other stakeholders, which ensured a peaceful process and an outcome that reflected the will of the people,” he said.

Ekweremadu enjoined Obaseki to see his popular mandate as an approval of his stewardship in the last four years and a call to lead Edo State on the path of greater peace, prosperity and all-round development.