A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has revealed that the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Godwin Obaseki in Edo State will put an end to godfatherism in Nigeria.
Atiku wrote on his Twitter handle, @atiku, “There is a new dawn in Edo State, and the hard-won victory of @GovernorObaseki is not just a victory, but a Declaration of Independence from the anti-democratic forces of godfatherism and militarism.”
In the Saturday election in the state announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 307,955 votes to defeat his closest rival and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who got 223,619 votes.
Atiku was obviously referring to the former national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, whom many regarded as playing the role of a political godfather to Ize-Iyamu.
