No thugs in Edo government house, Osagie tells APC

Crusoe Osagie, special adviser to the governor of Edo state on media and communication strategy, has described as completely false, the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that thugs are being ferried into government house in Benin, the state capital.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, he accused the APC of churning out lies and propaganda having realised its candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is no match for Godwin Obaseki, the governor.

“Recall that we raised the alarm earlier, that the APC is committed to derailing the forthcoming election. The party’s tactics include the daily publication of falsehood and fear-mongering by the media handlers of its gubernatorial candidate,” he said.

“The party’s ultimate aim is to get the attention of the electoral umpire and security agencies and mislead them into cancelling or postponing the Edo gubernatorial poll.”

“Another strategy of the APC is to accuse the PDP of the set of desperate and illegal actions that the APC is guilty of, in order to divert public attention from its rigging strategies being perfected in some hotels in Kogi, Edo and some South-West states.”

He urged the police and other security agencies as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to rise to the occasion and deliver an election that is devoid of violence and electoral malfeasance.