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  • Updated: September 15, 2020

Edo Decides 2020: Obaseki Sends Strong Message To Oshiomhole After PDP Final Mega Rally

Edo Decides 2020: Obaseki Sends Strong Message To Oshiomhole

As the people of Edo decide their number one citizen on Saturday, September 19th, 2020, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the state, Godwin Obaseki has said that "we are determined to end godfatherism in Nigeria".

AllNews reports that the two leading contenders are Obaseki and Osagie Ize – Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Obaseki is running for reelection after being denied renomination by the APC arising from his falling out with Adams Oshiomhole who was then the national chairman of the APC.

Ize-Iyamu was a principal official of Oshiomhole’s government until he left the APC in 2016 and was nominated as the PDP candidate but lost the election to Obaseki, then of the APC.

Both candidates have now directly swapped parties and the backing of Oshiomhole.

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Addressing his supporters via his official Twitter handle after Tuesday's Edo State PDP final mega rally, Obaseki boasted of victory, stating that he has "gotten the endorsement of over 120 groups".

Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice-President of Nigeria and PDP presidential candidate in the last election in the West African country, has urged electorates in Edo "to turn out en masse to cast and defend their vote for Obaseki".

Atiku in a three-tweet thread on his verified handle on Tuesday expressed his hope that voters' choice would count.

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