Edo Decides 2020: PDP Governors Are In Danger, Secondus Cries Out

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus has alleged that governors elected on the platform of the party are in danger and are being harassed at Benin, the Edo state capital, ahead of the Edo state governorship election.

Raising the alarm during an emergency press conference, Secondus claimed that the PDP Governors were being harassed while Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma and the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege were relaxing in the home of Adams Oshiomhole, the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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“Hope Uzodinma and Ovie Omo-Agege are in the home of the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Oshiomhole. PDP governors are being harassed in Westend Hotel, Benin.

“Policemen have surrounded the hotel and their lives are in danger. We call on the Inspector General of Police to ask the police to leave the place because their lives are in danger. If APC governors are in Benin, the PDP governors should be in Benin too. Our governors would remain in Benin, no one can intimidate us.

“We are bringing this to the attention of the international community. Elections must be free. Elections must be allowed to hold. You cannot allow APC governors in Edo, and bar PDP governors,” he said.