Urhoghide Warns Ganduje, Bello On Violence

Senator Matthew Urhoghide has issued a strong warning to Governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano and Yahaya Bello of Kano and Kogi States that no one can come from outside to upturn the will of the people in the forthcoming governorship election.

Senator Urhoghide representing Edo South Senatorial District was one of the strong influencers who pulled Governor Godwin Obaseki from the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Senator Urhoghide who is a childhood associate of the governor had last December even before the governor’s defection shocked Edo with his endorsement of the governor for a second term even on the platform of the APC.

Speaking on fears that the nomination of Governors Yahaya Bello and Ganduje was to force the outcome of the election towards the APC, Urhoghide in an interview with Nigerian Tribune said:

“Do you think I will not know what the possible outcome of our election will be? Do you really think that I do not know the factors that can possibly determine the outcome of an election? Yes, I do.

“Governor Yahaya Bello [of Kogi State] started politics yesterday. In 1992, when I contested election for the Senate for the first time, he must still be in secondary school. They cannot tell us that they will import violence into Edo State.

“Nobody, not even [Governor Abdullahi] Ganduje [of Kano State], can say that today; they dare not. I think it is best for them to approach the election with a mind to hold a free and fair election so that we can end it peacefully.”

“Let us assume that Governor Godwin Obaseki and Philip Shaibu who are seeking re-election are standing alone, can the APC team go and challenge them? You are a thief and are coming to somebody’s house in a terrain you do not know and the man you are coming to steal from is a strong man.

“Is there any possibility that you can steal and go back scot-free? My brother, you know the answer, there is a possibility that they will not go back. So, they need to be careful, more so that most of us in the PDP are political gladiators.

“What has played out is that Pastor [Osagie] Ize-Iyamu was our candidate is 2016. He ran against Godwin Obaseki by sheer providence. They have swapped. Look at that equation: the man that helped Obaseki to be in government is now struggling to be seen by government.”

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