BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
A former Defense Minister and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State General Godwin Abbe, yesterday, described the party's decision to challenge the result of the just concluded governorship election in the state as unpopular.
The PDP chieftain, who spoke during an interview on the Independent Television, Benin City, admonished the candidate of his party, General Charles Airhiavbere, to accept the outcome of the election and support Governor Adams Oshiomhole in providing dividends of democracy to the people of Edo State.
Abbe, who described the election as one of the most credible in the history of the country, urged his party members to work towards future elections by ensuring unity in the PDP.
The former minister, speaking on telephone from the United States, where, according to him, he is receiving medical check up, stated: "I was told my party had gone to court to challenge the governorship election. You see, I just want to advise that my brother Charles Airhiavbere should join hands with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to build our state, while I also advise him to start working towards 2016.
"If anybody advises my party and Charles about the petition to tribunal, it is uncalled for, because the election has been adjudged the fairest and freest in recent times in this country".
In a related development, the member representing Orhiomwon II constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Patrick Aisowieren, also advised the PDP candidate in the Edo gubernatorial poll to join hands with the Action Congress of Nigeria and Oshiomhole in building a new state.
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