Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State was at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Office in Aduwawa, Benin City on Tuesday to receive his certificate of return after emerging the winner for the September 19, 2020, governorship election.
His running mate, Philip Shaibu, also present was presented his certificate of return.
The National Commissioner supervising Edo, Rivers and Bayelsa States, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, presented the Certificates of Return to both the Governor and his Deputy.
Godwin Obaseki, in his press briefing after being presented the certificate of return, extended a hand of fellowship to the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the former chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole.
In his address, Obaseki said on a special note, I want to use this occasion to call on the former chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole, that, “the fight is over.”
He beckoned on the former governor of the state to “come and join in building the house, where he was part of laying the foundation”.
According to him; “We have no malice. The only thing we disagree on is on the approach in moving Edo forward.”
The Edo governor also called on his strongest opponent in the election, Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC, saying both members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and APC are one family in the pursuit to provide services and public vote for our citizens.
He called for cooperation in order to move Edo State forward.
“To our friends and brothers on the other side of the divide, we are one family in the pursuit to provide services and public goods for our citizens.
“Our citizens have decided that for now, they trust us more to provide the leadership. It does not mean that they do not have a role to play. It does not mean that they are not part of the family,” the governor stressed.
“I want to put it on record that the election of September 19, 2020, has been adjudged as one of the best conducted election in terms of it being free and fair.
“So, I am using this opportunity to extend a hand of fellowship to my brother, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his other colleagues in the APC to join us and work with us so that we can move Edo State forward,” he added.
It will be recalled after the conduct of the Edo Guber election of September 19, INEC declared Obaseki, the flagbearer of the PDP winner of the exercise, having polled 307,955 votes to beat his main rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC, who scored 223,619 votes.
