Okowa Trade Words With Oshiomhole Over Election Violence Allegations

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The former Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole was yesterday attacked by the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa over an alleged statement that governors contribute to electoral violence in the country.

This statement came on a day when the Arewa Consultative Forum, cautioned against election rigging and the use of thugs during the forthcoming general elections, even as it lamented that the Federal Government is too slow in curtailing terrorism in the country.

Oshiomhole, the Deputy Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of All Progressives Congress, had alleged at a citizens’ election dialogue on Tuesday in Abuja that governors are to blame for electoral violence witnessed in past elections.

Reacting to the statement, Okowa the presidential running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, said governors never participated in electoral violence, saying maybe, Oshiomhole did during his tenure as governor of Edo State.

Oshiomhole, who noted that governors funded thugs to perpetrate violence during polls, urged political leaders to support the efforts of security operatives to ensure the 2023 elections are violence-free.