By Gideon Njoku
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has confirmed one of the fears of the Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The PDP had claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo State is Wike’s cousin.
Explaining why the PDP and its Candidate, Asue Ighodalo, refused to sign the Peace Accord put together by the Peace Committee headed by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, both Governor Godwin Obaseki and the PDP State Chairman said, among other things, that the INEC REC, Dr. Anugbum Onuaha, is Wike’s cousin, and so would never organize a fair election in the State. They requested that the REC be posted out of the State to ensure fairness. They said he would be under the influence of Wike, and that given Wike’s non cordial relationship with Obaseki, it should be taken for granted that the REC would do Wike’s bidding.
