By Adesina Soyooye
Edo State Governor, and the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki, escaped death when his campaign train was attacked on its way to Etsako LGA.
As they drove on, gun shots rained. And pandemonium followed. Miraculously, nobody was hurt.
A shaken, but sure-footed Obaseki, while addressing the campaign rally, put the blame on the door steps of the opposition APC. He said the attackers were APC thugs, who were sent after the campaign train.
But, he asked the people not to be afraid, or shaken.
Threats of violence have dogged the forthcoming Edo Governorship election scheduled for September 19. Both the PDP and the APC have not only deployed foul and obscene language, but they have threatened to meet violence with violence. And their has been violence.
The contest is, basically, between the incumbent PDP Governor, and his main challenger, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Candidates of the other parties will be “also ran”.
However, there are fears that violence is likely to mar the exercise.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has threatened to cancel the election if the violence is exhibited on election day.
