- Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, says 2019 presidential election is the freest in the country since 1951 when he started voting as an adult
- Edebiri says since he started voting in 1951, he has not failed to vote in any election including the 1993 election
- The Benin chief says none of the elections could stand the transparency and fairness of the 2019 presidential election
The presidential election held on Saturday, February 23 in which President Muhammadu Buhari emerged winner has been described as the freest in the country since 1951.
Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri on Thursday, February 28, said the election is the freest in the country since 1951 when he started voting as an adult, Vanguard reports.
Legit.ng gathers that the Benin chief called on President Buhari to be magnanimous in victory. He also advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to congratulate the president.
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He said: “I voted in the election. I started voting since December 1951 and that is exactly 68 years ago. Since I started voting in 1951, till date, I have not failed to vote in any election including that which was conducted by Babangida in June 12 1993, there was none of these elections that has been as free as the one we held on the 23rd.
"I say that from my own personal knowledge, this is not history that you read from book, this is something in which I participated, there was none of these elections that was as transparent, free and fair as the one we have just held so to that extent, Muhammadu Buhari should be praised.
"He promised the world that there would be no interference in the electoral process and that is exactly what has happened, he told Nigerians that he will continue to fight corruption and all corruptive tendencies and that is what he has done.”
Edebiri added: “I want to assure you that but for the coming of Buhari in 2015, many of us here now would have been looking for where to seek exile, this country would have gone haywire but people did not seems to realise that but because the man is fighting corruption head-long, all the people who are involved in some scandals, exploitation of our people, stealing of our money, ganged up to prevent this day from coming but today we are grateful to God almighty that we all lived to see it and I want to assure you that the second coming of Buhari will take Nigeria to a higher level both in economy and in defence as he has said.”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a 5-point demand was presented to the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded presidential election.
The former vice president presented his demands to the president during a meeting with a delegation led by the former head of state and chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd).
Atiku, who met Abdulsalami in the presence of his running mate, Peter Obi, and other PDP chieftains, warned that tensions were building up in the land.
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