{"id":29975,"date":"2020-09-15T19:07:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T19:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=29975"},"modified":"2020-09-15T19:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T19:07:16","slug":"tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Urges Voters To Reject Obaseki During Edo Governorship Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has asked voters in Edo State to reject incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, during Saturday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu in a video message on Tuesday said he was a \u201ccommitted democrat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wants to appeal as a committed democrat and leader of all democrats regardless of the political parties to our conscience and our commitment to democracy today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Obaseki) does not deserve any democratic ballot paper. Don\u2019t vote for him, I appeal to all of you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to appeal to you to reject Godwin Obaseki in this coming election. I have suffered with many others to bring about this democratic regime that today we are enjoying in the country. Then, Godwin Obaseki didn\u2019t participate in any aspect of the struggle to enshrine democracy in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, he could not understand the value and pains associated with this democratic struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki, who is seeking a second term in office, faces a stiff challenge from Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress during the election on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has asked voters in Edo State to reject incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, during Saturday\u2019s election. Tinubu in a video message on Tuesday said he was a \u201ccommitted democrat\u201d. He said, \u201cI, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wants to appeal as a committed democrat and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":12605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[37,697],"class_list":["post-29975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bola-tinubu","tag-obaseki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu Urges Voters To Reject Obaseki During Edo Governorship Election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has asked voters in Edo State to reject incumbent\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu Urges Voters To Reject Obaseki During Edo Governorship Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has asked voters in Edo State to reject incumbent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-15T19:07:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/07\/Bola-Tinubu3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu Urges Voters To Reject Obaseki During Edo Governorship Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-15T19:07:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/07\/Bola-Tinubu3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bola Tinubu\",\"Obaseki\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tinubu-urges-voters-to-reject-obaseki-during-edo-governorship-election\",\"name\":\"Tinubu Urges Voters To Reject Obaseki During Edo Governorship Election - 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