{"id":75850,"date":"2020-09-19T19:45:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=75850"},"modified":"2020-09-19T19:45:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T18:45:55","slug":"protect-your-votes-saraki-tells-edo-people-cautions-inec-security-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/protect-your-votes-saraki-tells-edo-people-cautions-inec-security-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Votes, Saraki Tells Edo People, cautions INEC, Security Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1678287380673133363\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0Saraki has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the security officials against thwarting the electoral process in Edo State, asking them to place the country\u2019s glory above the ego of any politician.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Saraki said: \u201dThe on-going\u00a0#EdoDecides2020\u00a0is getting to the crucial stages. I urge the good people of Edo State not to get carried away but to protect their votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enthusiasm and patriotic conduct of the good people of Edo State must not be thwarted or subverted by any\u00a0@inecnigeria official, either permanent or ad-hoc; or any security personnel, no matter the rank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria\u2019s glory is more important than the huge ego of politicians. And so\u00a0@inecnigeria and security officials must work to protect Nigeria\u2019s image and not to satisfy the whims and caprices of some power hungry politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of the state who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are the two major contenders for the number one seat in the state.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola \u00a0Saraki has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the security officials against thwarting the electoral process in Edo State, asking them to place&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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