PDP Governors Hail Buhari, INEC, Security on Edo Poll

 The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDPGF) has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping his word not to unduly influence the conduct of the Edo gubernatorial election using state machinery. 






The chairman of the forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, who made this declaration in a statement on Sunday, also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for not allowing itself to be used to manipulate the exercise. 


Similarly, the forum praised the security agencies for maintaining relative neutrality during the conduct of the election. 



Tambuwal said: “We single out INEC, the electoral umpire for special commendation as it didn’t allow itself as an institution to be manipulated into subverting the clearly expressed will and wishes of the people of Edo State.


“We applaud the security agencies for their fairness and relative neutrality in the conduct of the elections.


“In all these, special thanks must go to the President, Commander in Chief, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for keeping his word not to unduly interfere in the elections by using state machinery.


“We in the PDP Governors’ Forum wishes to place on record our appreciation of the hard work, dedication and commitment exhibited by the National Chairman of the PDP, the PDP National Working Committee, the leadership and members of the Edo State Chapter of the party and in particular the Edo PDP Campaign Council led by His Excellency, Governor Nyesom Wike and other governors of the PDP.

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