My Ambition is not worth Anybody's Blood

The governorship candidate of the All
Progressives Congress in Edo State, Godwin
Obaseki, has said his ambition is not worth the
blood of anyone.
Obaseki said though he was disappointed with
the postponement of the governorship election,
he would rather drop his governorship ambition

than to have hoodlums hijack the election and
shed the blood of innocent citizens.
He explained that he had no option but to accept
the decision of the Independent National
Electoral Commission to shift the election from
September 10 to September 28, 2016, based on
security report by the police.
A statement by his media aide, Tunde
Oladunjoye, quoted Obaseki as saying this in a
chat with journalists in Lagos on Sunday.
He said, “We were ready for the election, but
when the police belatedly raised the issue of
security, there was nothing we could do.
“I will rather not be a governor than to have the
blood of many people shed by miscreants that
were imported into Edo State to cause havoc.
“How many people have been tried or charged to
court for the wanton killings and violence in
Rivers State, let alone being convicted? How
many people have been arrested for the blatant
murder of the Port Harcourt lawyer?
“These imported hoodlums have nothing to lose,
they are not from Edo, and would not think twice
before killing our people the way they killed
people in Rivers State.”
He, however, said he was optimistic that he
would achieve victory come September 28, the
new election date.
“The APC will win the election convincingly any
day or time. The postponement was just a mere
shift of the doomsday for the People’s
Democratic Party and others,” Obaseki said.
“The people of Edo State have made up their
mind never to go back to the dark era.
“They know me, they know the lineage of my
family, they can trace me from four, five
generations back; they know I don’t have a
violent past; I have never been charged or tried
for violent behavior.”
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