The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has attributed the peaceful conduct of the last Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo state to the behind-the-scene effort of the military.
He made this observation on Tuesday when he hosted the Commandant of the National Defence College, Samuel Alade, at the Government House in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Obaseki observed that as was the case in Edo state, no life was lost during the election, where the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate emerged victorious.
According to him, “I want to put on record that particularly during the last election (Edo) and the one that was done on Saturday (Ondo) the role of the military has not been acknowledged as it should be.
“For the first time in several years, if you can recollect, there was not one incident of loss of life during Edo state election and that was repeated again last week in Ondo.
“It might not be obvious but we know that it is as a result of the diligence and the amount of work that went behind the scene from the military – and so, we want to thank you for it. This sort of initiative can only help us to stabilise our democracy much better which is essentially what we need.
“For us, and for me in particular, this institution, the Defence College is so critical in the defense arrangement, not only for Nigeria but for the entire sub-region.”
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