FORMER governorship candidate on the platform of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) in the 2020 Edo State governorship election, Iyoha John Darlington, has congratulated Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Philip Shiabu on their victory in the certificate forgery suit by the All Progressives Congress.
In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Iyoha John Darlington, hailed the judgment and described it as a triumph over anti-democratic forces in and outside the state.
He said, ” Once again, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Deputy Governor Rt. Hon. Philip Shiabu on their well-deserved victory in the certificate forgery suit. This victory over these anti-democratic forces that resorted to infamous shortcuts – spurious claims – to subvert the wishes of Edo voters as freely expressed on September 19th, 2020 goes down in the annals of Nigerian history.”
“First of all, I must give glory to the Almighty God for standing by Edo people to resist the forces of tyranny who are bent on returning us to the odious apparatus of neo-Nazi rule that these anti-democratic forces represent.”
While hailing the Nigerian judiciary and President Muhammadu Buhari for the role played in ensuring that justice is upheld, he said: “Again, kudos to the Nigerian judiciary represented by Justice Ahmed Mohammed that presided over the certificate forgery suit filed by the APC to disqualify Obaseki and rob Edo voters of our victory at the polls. Justice Ahmed Mohammed could not be swayed or manouvered by those who say it is either their diabolic whims and caprices prevail or there would be no Edo State.”
“Today, President Buhari sits high in the hearts of Edo people and has indeed become an iconic figure in Nigerian letters following his firm resolve not to interfere in the election that saw the re-election of the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki and the subsequent certificate forgery suit filed by his own party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) which sought the disqualification of our governor. All in all, that makes him so dear to my heart as a living example of what man can be and accomplished in the realm of excellence and virtue.”
The former PPN flag bearer in Edo State 2020 governorship election further in his statement praised Governor Obaseki for his remarkable achievements and warned detractors to allow the Governor some concentration. This, he said, will enable the governor to face the daunting task ahead of regenerating Edo State.
“Today the victory over godfatherism and the forces of tyranny is sealed. Governor Obaseki has been working like a Trojan to better the lots of our people by transforming our state to the proverbial lost city of El- Doraldo. He deserves a pat on the back should therefore be encouraged in this regard in stead of unnecessary distractions by those who have been consistently rejected by our people.”, the statement added.
It’s a happy day for Mr Philip Shaibu following the victory of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
In the video below, Shaibu who is the state deputy governor is seen dancing to a song titled ‘God Win’ after he got the news of the governor’s victory on Channels Television on Saturday.
This comes moments after the court dismissed the suit instituted against the governor by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a chieftain of the party, Williams Edobor, following the Edo State governorship election.
In his judgement, Justice Ahmed Mohammed said the plaintiffs relied on the photocopied document presented by Governor Obaseki without getting in touch with the university to verify the authenticity of the said certificate.
He stated that no iota of truth was brought before the court by the plaintiffs who alleged forgery, saying it was a criminal matter, but the claimants were unable to prove their case.
The judge held that the Deputy Registrar (Legal) of the University of Ibadan had given evidence in the suit that the university duly issued the certificate to Governor Obaseki.
He noted that the governor was duly and properly admitted to study Classics which was later renamed Classical Studies in 1976 and graduated in 1979.
According to Justice Mohammed, the plaintiffs failed to prove their allegations of forgery against Governor Obaseki and, thereby, the case is dismissed.
But the judge did not award any cost against the plaintiffs.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit filed against the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed dismissed the suit filed by the All Progressives Party (APC) and a chieftain of the party, Williams Edobor, against the governor, in a judgement delivered on Saturday in the nation’s capital.
The APC and Edobor had filed the suit alleging that Governor Obaseki presented a forged certificate to seek re-election in the Edo State governorship election held on September 19, 2020.
According to the plaintiffs, the said document was purportedly issued by the University of Ibadan, while the governor presented same to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which conducted the poll.
In his judgement, Justice Mohammed held that the plaintiffs relied on the photocopied document presented by Governor Obaseki without getting in touch with the university to verify the authenticity of the said certificate.
He added that no iota of truth was brought before the court by the plaintiffs who alleged forgery, saying it was a criminal matter, but the claimants were unable to prove their case.
The judge noted that the Deputy Registrar (Legal) of the University of Ibadan had given evidence in the suit that the university duly issued the certificate to Governor Obaseki.
According to him, the governor was duly and properly admitted to study Classics which was later renamed Classical Studies in 1976 and graduated in 1979.
Justice Mohammed concluded that the plaintiffs failed to prove their allegations of forgery against Governor Obaseki and, thereby, dismissed the case.
He, however, did not award any cost against the plaintiffs.
Before the judgement was delivered, counsels to both parties in the matter had closed their cases after they presented witnesses and evidence to the court.
During proceedings on Thursday, lawyer to the Plaintiffs, Akin Olujimi, adopted his final written address.
He urged the court to affirm their position that the governor presented a forged certificate to the electoral umpire and was unfit to occupy the office.
This was, however, rejected by Governor Obaseki’s counsel, Ken Mozia, who asked the court to dismiss the suit over what he described as the plaintiff’s failure to prove their case.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has closed its case of alleged certificate forgery levelled against the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.
At the resumed hearing of the suit on Monday before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the plaintiff’s counsel, Akin Olujimi, concluded their case with the cross-examination of an expert witness, Raphael Onwuzuligbo, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police and a forensic document examiner.
In his testimony during cross examination by counsels to Obaseki and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the witness said the University of Ibadan logo on the governor’s certificate appears to have been compromised.
He also insisted that the signature of the Vice Chancellor of the university was missing from the certificate not because the document was poorly scanned but that it was actually missing.
Lawyer to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olujimi said that the testimony of the witness further proved their case against Obaseki as Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned further hearing till January 5, to enable the governor and the PDP open their defence.
Here in this interview, I shall be speaking with Iyoha John Darlington, Edo State PPN former governorship candidate on ‘State Of The Nation’ and other national issues which border on 2023 presidential election.
*Iyoha John Darlington (IJD) Edo State PPN former governorship candidate
(1.) *Sir, the governorship election in Edo State has come and gone with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the incumbent Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, declared winner. As a participant observer would you say the election was free and fair?
A careful study of the obviously sad situation and events that preceded the election did clearly send a message to one and all whose way the pendulum would swing. At the sad period under review we had a governor that soldiered on in spite of every agonising distraction from detractors. The services of hack writers were retained by the above named to discredit the incumbent governor. You see, in every aspect of life you can have a billion lie but never a billion truth; for there is only one truth. The truth, as a matter of fact, shall always prevail. Armed with the truth, Edo people went into that election with their mind already made up. So little wonder they all spoke with one voice to retain not just a working governor but an indefatigable one under whose leadership our state is undergoing a rapid transformation, a working governor whose works have not only surpassed but dwarfed his predecessors’ both living and dead coupled with his unexampled humility and tolerance in the face of every agonizing provocation. You see, there is a coinage – “as humble and tolerant as Governor Obaseki and former President Jonathan” – that gained currency in the build-up to that historic governorship election which paid off in the long run. Under Governor Obaseki the acronym Civil Servant State (CSS) a long-time derogatory label on Edo has been cast overboard considering the gradual transformation of our state to an industrial hub in the South-South geopolitical zone. Every enabling environment has been created by Obaseki for business to thrive and flourish across the state and this in no small measure has triggered a mass Hegira of our people home. These and many other factors actually prepared the ground for Obaseki’s re-election. The election, in all honesty, was free and fair if you ask me because the generality of Edo people went into that election locking horns with the forces of tyranny who were poised to return our state to the odious apparatus of neo-Nazi rule. Hence, that election, to a large extent, was free and fair if you need reminding.
*Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State
(2.) *We have stumbled onto a series of articles authored by you, your activities and interviews you have granted to both local and the foreign media particularly Epigs & Tegs Radio France in Paris before and after picking your former party’s governorship nomination form which pitched your former party, the Peoples Party of Nigeria ( PPN) against the two dominant political parties in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress as an emerging third force in Edo State. Why did you step down in the nick of time?
Well, you see, we actually started before the APC & the PDP even when I had not come to Nigeria from my comfort zone in Europe. The social media , an information harvest platform, was actually strewn with ill-reports – the handiwork of hack writers – about the Obaseki-Shaibu administration which we initially fell for. The daily episodes of Mediterranean deaths particularly Nigerians of Edo State extraction which the hack writers blamed on the incumbent administration gave rise to the historic Turin Conference where Nigerians of Edo State extraction from across the EU converge on Turin, Italy’s northern uplands. Major resolutions were adopted herein referred to as “The Turin Declaration”. Part of the resolutions was to transform Edo to one of the industrial heartlands in the Eurozone with the aid of competent technocrats among us. As luck would have it, I was nominated to lead the salvage operations and this saw my return to Nigeria. While here, I delved into work by consulting with royal fathers and other political stakeholders across the state. After proceeding on on tour of our state as far as the remotest outposts with our redemption message I became disillusioned after exhaustive inquiries as to what I saw on the ground – Obaseki’s achievements to be precise – which were grossly under-reported. Having won a large number of followers and supporters I was left with no option but to heed the wise counsel of those I consulted with. After my invitation by the Deputy Governor, His Excellency Rt Hon Philip Shiabu to the Government House on February 19th this year through the agency of Chief Odion an Etsako High Chief I went on another tour of our state to tell my teeming supporters why they should join me as I deemed changing boats onto Obaseki-Shaibu’s amid stormy waters absolutely necessary while they were still in the APC and went the extra mile with them in their very trying times when they unavoidably had to dump the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party. Two factors informed the decision I took. For starters, what is the use of fighting a lost battle to the Government House when the incumbent governor’s policies and implementation are in line with my vision and ideals for our state? I, for one, have always believed that round pegs should be allowed in round holes and Governor Obaseki is one considering his remarkable achievements in the last four years. Secondly, after extensive consultations with our royal fathers and other political stakeholders it dawned on me to heed their wise counsel by letting well alone. Thus, I made up my mind and joined forces with the incumbent governor in his untiring efforts to regenerate our state which was plundered and sapped dry by eight prodigal years of Oshiomhonle’s misrule.
(3.) As a writer, opinion leader and public commentator on national and global issues and of course as a well-travelled young man that has sojourned overseas for a very long time would you say the ruling party has fared well in terms of good governance?
In the build-up to 2015 general elections the country witnessed a political tsunami that gave birth to the All Progressives Congress. As luck would have it, this country had many challenges at the time some of them are still there to this day to contend with including a bloody insurgency. We were told, which Nigerians fell for hook, line and sinker that the erstwhile ruling party is one vast empire of corruption. They demonized the former ruling party and said they only posses the magic wand to ride out the storm of deceit and revitalize “the decadent paralysis”. With a man of transparent honesty leading the ‘salvage operations’ Nigerians pitched tents with the “liberators” that saw the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari. That is how the goose that lays the golden eggs was killed on May 29, 2015. Critically assessing the performance of the ruling party, let us see if the problems and challenges that plagued the country then are still there. Insecurity remains one of the reasons advanced by the self-styled liberators. How has this administration fared in this regard? Sad to say today that insecurity of lives and property has, in fact, assumed an alarming crescendo as Nigerians are butchered daily in the north by Janjaweed armed militias otherwise refered to as armed bandits with our security forces losing the battle at every turn. Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and a host of other northern states have been turned to a theatre of war where scores of lives have been lost to armed bandits. Similarly, we had thought the advent of the liberators would sound the death knee to Boko Haram militants who have been fighting to actualize a sovereign Islamic state. Secondly, the government in Abuja says it is fighting corruption while corruption has increasingly become deeply rooted. President Muhammadu Buhari, though well-intentioned in this regard, has obviously lost the fight as he has been frustrated at every turn. He did well by strengthening our institutions particularly the anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the EFCC, to deal with graft cases but fortunately or unfortunately that institution has been hijacked and eventually metamorphised to a toothless bulldog. The resultant effect of these has been nothing but debilitating which tell abysmally on the economic wellbeing of the citizenry. Inflation figures in Nigeria today have spiked double digits so much so that many of our people now yearn for a reversion to the status quo ante. Like I just did say President Buhari the leader of the governing party is well-intentioned to regenerate Nigeria but he cannot be everywhere to effectively monitor the business of governance which speaks volumes for the abysmal failure of the ruling party.
(4.) As a youth politician what have you got to say about the political situation in Nigeria? In fact, in whose hands and leadership do you think the affairs of Nigeria would be better managed in terms of good governance and the like?
What we see today in our country is something akin to a gradual descent to sunset at noon. Here in metropolitan Lagos, for instance, policemen have deserted major roads and streets therefore causing panic and fears among the city dwellers. This is one of the trademarks of a failed state. The cause of this is none other than the criminal attack on policemen and police formations across the state where crime-fighting equipment were looted and carted away by an invading band of marauders during the recent protest against police brutality in Lagos and other parts of the country. Official figures released by the Police Inspector-General show that no fewer than 27 policemen were killed by hoodlums that hijacked the protest. Many grievances that have plunged our country into abysmal depths were listed by the youth which the President in his magnanimity has decided to look into. President Muhammadu Buhari in all honesty deserves a pat on the back for setting a committee to address this issue. Who and what Nigeria urgently stands in need of is a team of competent technocrats to salvage our country from total wreck.
(5.) Sir, for quite sometime now clamour for a president from the south has rented the air or to say the least Nigerian president of South-East extraction. Don’t you seem to share this view?
Objectively speaking, Nigeria is not only sick but on a life support under the existing circumstances and therefore in dire need of a capable and experienced physician. I am not an ethnic jingoist or religious bigot. I am Nigerian and with Nigerian blood flowing in my veins. I see every Nigerian belonging to one big family irrespective of our different tribes, creed and religion. Its debilitating ill-health needs a competent physician for proper diagnosis and treatment for effective cure. It does not matter to me where such physician that we urgently stand in need of will come from provided he or she is Nigerian. Ethnicity, tribe and religion should not be allowed to dictate the pace or becloud our sense of reasoning. There is so much work to do to salvage Nigeria from this wreck. In advanced democracies, regional power shift is non-existent. I am an advocate of meritocracy. Hence, it is high time we allowed the best man who is capable of steering us out of the stormy waters to lead the salvage operations of which we urgently stand in need or we should all be prepared to brave for even darker times. Like I just did say, Nigeria is one big family irrespective of our different ethnic backgrounds, creed and religion. Again, the best man irrespective of where he comes from, I insist, with all the emphasis at my command, should be allowed to salvage us from this wreck. This is where I irrevocably stand!
(6.) Youths, from what we’ve seen are hammering on taking over in 2023, what is your take on this?
There is nothing wrong with this. Are they not Nigerians? Sure, they are! I am a youth politician, myself. There is no existing legislation in Nigeria barring youths from from holding elective offices for all I know. Hence it would be totally wrong to play politics of exclusion in this regard. You cannot exclude the old ones or confine them to advisory roles or put differently consigned them to the dustbin of history. That we need them is not in dispute all this considered. There abound in them many ones that have been tested and trusted such as the incumbent Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and the former Kano State Governor, Engr. Musa Rabiu Kwankwanso. If I have my way I would press for a constitutional amendment to make the good ones among them that have been tested and trusted remain perpetually in office via a referendum in the region or state concerned. What is the rationale behind the likes of the above-named and many others, for instance, to go into retirement on account of age because we want to pave the way for our youths when their tenures would be a lost golden age? Would that not amount to political suicide that we shall live to rue for a very long time?
(7.) You just did dismiss the clamour for zoning arrangement by calling attention of our million readers across the world to the debilitating anomalies plaguing our country which should urgently be addressed if Nigeria is to move forward. Who is the most capable hand you are tipping to lead Nigeria in the coming years?
This is where the likes of the former Kano State Governor, Engr. Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, the incumbent Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and a host of others come in. But I shall, in the course of this interview, dwell solely on Sen. Kwankwanso whose tenure as Kano State Governor is seen as a lost golden age considering the remarkable achievements while Kano Governor. Sen. Kwankwanso achievements just like Obaseki’s leave much to be desired. This has galvanized other Nigerians and I across the EU to throw weight behind him in the 2023 presidential election should he vie for the presidency in his capacity not only as a pragmatic but as a result-oriented politician and we shall, in all honesty, be contented to follow his lead. Our people in the Diaspora under the auspices of Nigerian Patriots In Europe ( NPIE) have been watching behind the scenes. Only recently they broke their silence and adopted one major resolution by delegates of Nigerian extraction from across the EU under the leaderships of Engr. Fred Osas Akhere and Longy Agoha during its extra-ordinary meeting that took place last month in Paris, the French capital. In a similar vein, Godwin Obaseki, the incumbent Edo Governor is one technocrat and administrator par excellence who has lifted Edo State to an Olympian height on account of his financial wizardry. Today, Edo is a proud owner of a Hydro-power plant – the Azura-Edo Independent Power Project (IPP) is a 461MW Open Cycle Gas Turbine power station near Benin City, the Edo State capital and a seaport on the southern flank of the state. These were created out of nothing because Oshiomhonle left behind an empty treasury and a state saddled with massive debt burden for his successor the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. It would also be recalled that the former Kano Governor initiated a similar project – the Tiga hydro Electricity Power station in Kano in 2014 at the cost of a whooping N4.2 billion with President Buhari while in opposition laying the foundation for its construction. Sen. Kwankwanso also built another Independent Power Plant, the Challawa Dam which gulped over N10 billion and this was financed solely by the state government without recourse to any loans. It would be recalled, however, that Kano one of Nigeria’s industrial heartlands and in fact the biggest in northern Nigeria depended largely on diesel-powered generators. Today, the state boasts of 35 megawatts of electricity – the handiwork of a man with vision capable of transforming his dreams and visions into reality. The man Kwankwanso is also credited with having built three brand new cities in the state namely Kwankwasiyya, Amana and Bandirawo. This is a rare feat and we are bound by an unshaken conviction that this will be replicated at the national level if voted to power in 2023.
Governor Godwin Obaseki has extended the ultimatum he gave to prisoners who escaped in the recent jail breaks recorded in two prison facilities in Edo state he governs.
Obaseki who had initially given the fleeing inmates until Friday October 23 to return, extended the ultimatum by one week.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy Crusoe Osagie, it was was gathered that the decision was taken after a security meeting held with heads of security agencies in the state yesterday October 23.
It read;
“The extension of the ultimatum is as a result of the positive response from the prisoners, as a good number of them have since returned to the two correctional facilities. The new window is to allow more prisoners to return to the centres willingly.
“The governor has reviewed the curfew time in the state to commence from 6pm to 6am daily, as against 4pm to 6am. The adjustment will take effect from Saturday, October 24, 2020. The security situation in the state is seen to be improving and we appreciate Edo people for adhering to government’s directives.”
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has expressed his resolve to challenge the victory of governor Godwin Obaseki in court.
The APC candidate said though there were enough grounds to challenge the outcome of the election at the election petition tribunal, he would not be approaching the tribunal but rather continue his pre-election suits against the governor at the law court.
Ize-Iyamu stressed that while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its flagbearer had instituted 13 pre-election cases against him and his party, he would continue with the two pre-election cases against the PDP and its flagbearer challenging their eligibility to contest the election, believing that the outcome of the suit would have direct effect on the election.
Ize-Iyamu who stated this in a statement issued Monday said, “Contrary to orchestrated media reports, the election was neither free nor fair. There were several episodes of violence, voter intimidation and falsification of results.”
He added that “there were unlawful cancellations of results particularly from Urhonigbe South and North in Orhiomwon, while results were falsified from many polling units in Ofunama in Ovia South West, and in parts of Ovia North East, Owan West, Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba-Okha, Esan North East, Esan West, Esan South East, and Uhunmwode Local Government Areas.”
He also alleged that “two persons were killed during the election, while gun-wielding thugs took over collation centres in many locations without the intervention of law-enforcement agents.”
“There were also several cases of malfunctioning card readers, which disenfranchised duly registered voters, in addition to many cases of unregistered voters voting with pre-purchased voters’ cards not collected by their actual owners.
“These malpractices could easily form the basis to challenge the election results. We have however decided not to commence an election petition. This is to avoid further tension in the state. We are also mindful that the leadership of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and many well-placed individuals have made pronouncements endorsing the process, which we have chosen to respect.
“Nonetheless, we must emphasize that elections are far more than actual voting, just as democracy includes more than just elections. It is in this light that we draw attention to the fact that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flagbearers have continued to pursue several pre-election suits in various courts against us, all totalling 13. One of such cases came up in the High Court, Benin on 2nd October, 2020, days after the election.
“On our part, we had filed two pre-election cases against the PDP and its flagbearer challenging their eligibility to contest the election. These are all lawful and integral parts of the electoral process in any democracy, which we must all respect and acknowledge as genuine democrats.
“The outcome of these pending cases have direct effect on the election. Consequently, we have decided to continue with our pre-election cases in full exercise of our legal rights, just as our opponents have considered it their prerogative to also continue with their pre-election cases against us,” he averred.
While thanking his numerous supporters for their steadfast support and tremendous show of love, Ize-Iyamu urged them “to remain calm while keeping faith alive for a better Edo State which we shall all be proud of.”
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday met with the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The governor however told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that it would be immoral for him to return to the All Progressives Congress.
Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party beat Osagie Ize-Iyamu of Buhari’s All Progressives Congress and others to win the last Saturday’s governorship election in his state.
He had dumped the APC for the PDP when the ruling party disqualified him from participating in its primary election.
There have been concerns that having won the election on the platform of the PDP, he might return to the APC.
But the governor who met with the President alongside his deputy, Philip Shuaibu, said it would be immoral to do so.
Obaseki and Shuaibu were joined on what they called the “thank you visit” to Buhari by their spouses and some lawmakers from the state.
Governor Godwin Obaseki has thanked Governor Nyesom Wike over the role he played in his re-election as the Governor of Edo state.
Obaseki who visited Wike on Wednesday September 23, stated that Governor Wike took him in after he was pushed out of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He also revealed that the campaign council met at Wike’s house to work out the strategies that led them to victory on Saturday September 19.
Obaseki was quoted saying in a statement released by Paulinus Nsirim, Rivers commissioner of information;
“After I was pushed out of my former party, this house was the first place I sought solace. You took me in as a brother, out of the storm, changed my clothes and gave me food to eat.
“It was in this house, the campaign council met to work out the key strategies that led us to victory. You mobilised people across the country. You moved to Benin, went through the humiliation and attacks. You supported us and we won.
“It will be a sin against God if we do not come to say thank you. Even if the victory we are celebrating is from God. He has used people like you to make it happen.”
Responding to this, Wike praised him for standing “firm” in the election, saying he could not have supported a “lily-hearted person.”
He said;
“Our work would have been difficult if he did not make himself available. I cannot support a lily-hearted person. Governor Obaseki was firm.
“It is not easy to fight godfatherism. But he has the interest of Edo people at heart. Together, we have conquered it.
I thank you my brother, Obaseki for carrying everybody along in the party.
“Edo people are also looking up to you to forgive everybody. Forgive your political opponents. I am happy that today, south-south is under one political party. We can speak with one voice in moving Nigeria forward. This is the sweetest electoral victory I have ever witnessed.”
By Yomi Kareem Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have presented Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy Philip Shaibu certificate of return. More details later
