Edo North Senator Adams Oshiomhole has explained the rationale behind the police arresting opposition party members ahead of the ongoing governorship election in Edo State.
Governor Godwin Obaseki had accused the police of bias for arresting members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which led the party to refuse to sign a peace accord committing political parties and candidates to a violence-free election.
Obaseki had also predicted the election would be “very violent,” later describing it as a “do-or-die affair.”
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In a video posted by TVC on Facebook, Oshiomhole, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that the system needed to be filtered to prevent those who aim to undermine democracy, ensuring that the will of the majority prevails.
“The essence is that you know that some people said the election will not take place and that it will be do or die,” Mr Oshiomhole said, alluding to Mr Obaseki.
“So whatever has to be done to put those guys who want to disrupt a peaceful election, now these guys are here peacefully, and if they find somebody planning somewhere to come and hijack this outcome, it makes sense to prevent him from doing so.
“We won’t let one person to veto what hundreds of thousands of people are doing. For me that is it, we must protect the system. The people want democracy, they don’t want dictatorship, including civilian dictatorship. Anyone who through the instrument of gun or other violence means prevents people from voting with a view to falsify outcomes in his favour.”
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