The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has disclosed the details of his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday.
Brandnewsday gathers that Oshiomhole addressing the State House correspondents after the meeting, he stated that President Buhari has warned against violence in the upcoming governorship election in Edo State.
The former Edo Governor said: “I briefed him on what is happening. You know his attitude is always clear about the Nigerian electorate, that their rights must always be respected.
“Anybody using unlawful weapons, violence to intimidate the electorate, the president will never support such causes. And on that, we are together”.
Oshiomhole added that he had run elections in Edo state three times without violence and that “the only thing that has changed is: who is the governor, who boasts of his immunity and so on.”
READ: Edo 2020: Edo Election Is Do-Or-Die For Oshiomhole –Wike
He warned that “the courts are there, the police are there and they will do their job.
“It doesn’t matter which party anybody belongs, the laws are the same.”
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