{"id":130954,"date":"2024-09-14T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T22:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/guber-poll-edo-not-lagos-atiku-warns-apc-against-rigging"},"modified":"2024-09-15T00:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T23:19:42","slug":"guber-poll-edo-not-lagos-atiku-warns-apc-against-rigging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/guber-poll-edo-not-lagos-atiku-warns-apc-against-rigging","title":{"rendered":"Guber Poll: Edo not Lagos \u2013 Atiku warns APC against rigging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday warned against any attempt to rig next week\u2019s governorship election in Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku warned that Edo is not Lagos where, according to him, election can be rigged by the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke in Ekemwan area of Edo State during the grant finale of the PDP\u2019s governorship campaign rally.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President also urged the people of the state to protect their votes to avoid rigging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you remember four years ago they threatened us, didn\u2019t they do that? They said they won\u2019t allow us to win in Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what did we show them, \u2018we showed them that Edo State no be Lagos,\u2019 didn\u2019t we do it?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this time again, we are going to show them that \u2018Edo no be Lagos.\u2019 They can\u2019t steal votes here, therefore, protect, defend, escort your votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake sure your votes are entered, make sure your results are announced, of you do that no Jupiter will come and change your votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are winning next week, do you agree? \u2018Edo no be Lagos\u201dAtiku said.<\/p>\n<p>Next week Saturday, the people of Edo State would file out to vote for the next governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Asue Ighodalo of the PDP, Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party, LP, are the front runners in the governorship election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday warned against any attempt to rig next week\u2019s governorship election in Edo State. Atiku warned that Edo is not Lagos where, according to him, election can be rigged by the All Progressives Congress, APC. 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