Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he will accept defeat if he loses in a fair election.
Obaseki, who spoke with reporters yesterday after visiting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, said as a democrat he would accept the outcome of a free contest, adding: “but by every indication today, I’m sure of a convincing victory.”
He, however, expressed worry about the security of voters in Edo State.
He said he visited the IGP beacuse he was bothered about security.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate said they had finished an intensive campaign across the 192 wards of Edo State and the main issue that stood out in their sojourn was the concern about violence during the election.
He said there was apprehension in the state following the spate of violence in the past week.
Obaseki said they had catalogued 10 of such incidence of violence and submitted them to the IGP for action.
He said the attacks were against members of his party and 80 per cent of the attacks occurred in Edo North.
The PDP standard-bearer lamented that they had reported the cases to the police, but nobody had been arrested.
He appealed that something be done about the reported cases.
Obaseki said PDP is committed to ensuring that there is peace during the election.
He urged the police to communicate to all actors that they are going to be impartial, fair and strict in ensuring a peaceful election.
IGP Adamu said the police would not tolerate violence from anyone.
He urged the parties to tell their members to eschew violence.
