EDO ELECTION HAS CONSOLIDATED OUR REGIONAL COHESION. WE ARE STRONGER AND BETTER NOW" . . . Gov. Emmanuel Udom.

By Mike ALADENIKA.

Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has said with the September 19th Governorship Election victory  in Edo State, “we have rewritten the history of democracy in Nigeria. The region has rewritten the history of Nigeria through the Edo election. The election is now a platform to negotiate the rights of the region with regard to economy and political destiny. We are happy the victory was achieved together as a region."

 Governor Emmanuel Udom who stated this in UYO, AKWA IBOM state capital while hosting Edo state Governor, Godwin OBASEKI  and his entourage who came on a thank you visit to a dinner said “We have made a statement in this election and we will be respected for that. How can someone come from one region, make a statement for another region. I thank Edo people for ensuring that the region took its pride of place in the nation.”

The governor urged leaders of the PDP to ensure the party is stronger as nobody should boast of winning Edo election, not even the governor of the state, adding, “When God is with you, you find favour in the sight of God. God made INEC to do the right thing. Governor Obaseki needs support and I call on the people of Edo State to support the governor and ensure that he succeeds in his second term.”

Speaking earlier, Edo state Governor, Mr Godwin OBASEKI  said "our victory at the September 19 gubernatorial election has strengthened the unity among the states in the South-South region".

Governor OBASEKI who was on a   thank you visit to his Akwa-Ibom State counterpart, Udom Emmanuel, in Uyo, said, “This election has united us in Edo State and has made us speak as one. With all the cash spent by the opposition party, look at the margin with which we defeated the opposition in the final election results. The election has further re-united us together as a people."

“Edo is that thread linking the sub-region together, Edo is the glue that holds the sub-region together.” Governor OBASEKI said. 

According to him, Edo and Akwa-Ibom share similar experience and have learnt from it, which helped in the victory in the state, adding, “We owe a responsibility to our people in the region to continue to deepen cooperation.”

“Thank you for the advice, support, sacrifices and assistance you rendered to us which helped us win the election. We have moved around the sub-region to thank all the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors for all their support,”  Governor OBASEKI added.

Governor Obaseki also assured that "the governors in the South-South region will work together in resuscitating the South-South regional integration bloc of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross-Rivers, Edo and Delta States (BRACED) commission, adding that the region can no longer accept a situation where the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is unable to play its role".

Obaseki noted that it was time they came together as a sub-region to take their fate in their hands and determine the future for themselves, adding, “We can't accept the situation where our own NDDC is not playing its role as it should. It is so because we have not come together as a region to take our fate in our hands and determine our future.”

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