Edo 2020: Buni, Yahaya Bello Meet With Ize-Iyamu In Abuja, Plot Way Forward
Ostensibly to take stock of the recent elections in the state, Yobe state governor and the Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee Mai Mala Buni, his Kogi state counterpart Yahaya Bello and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress at the just concluded Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, have met behind closed door in Abuja.
The APC leadership through a statement signed by governor Buni had congratulated the winner of the election, Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party . The statement titled, “Edo State Governorship Election: Victory for Democracy”, the ruling party noted the “conduct of the election and its outcome represent victory for Nigeria’s democracy”
According to the party, “the September 19, 2020 Edo State Governorship election is over, the winner has been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the person of the Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the People Democratic Party . We hereby congratulate the winner of the election, the people of Edo State and all Nigerians. The peaceful conduct of the election and its outcome represent victory for Nigeria’s democracy.
The party said it joined President Muhammadu Buhari, who had on Sunday congratulated the winner of the election, to affirm ‘‘commitment to free and fair elections’’ in order to strengthen ‘the foundation for our political and moral authority’.
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