Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared the September 21 governorship election a “do-or-die” affair, warning that the poll must not be rigged.
Obaseki made the call as the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ilia Damagun, vowed that party members would defend their votes “with blood.”
Obaseki and Damagun spoke on Saturday during the grand finale of the PDP’s campaign for its governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo.
Twelve PDP governors and the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, attended the event.
Speaking at the rally which was held at Garrick Memorial Secondary School in Benin, Obaseki described the election as an existential threat, stating, “This election is do or die. If they do, we will die.”
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