A Chieftain of the Labour Party in Edo State, Chief Patrick Eholor has boasted that if INEC was to conduct election in the state today that the Labour Party, LP will sweep the poll.
He said that given the hardship foisted on the people by the APC, Edo people are not ready to vote for them to sustain the current suffering in the state and Nigeria in general while PDP is engrossed in crisis.
Eholor cautioned the Federal Government led by Bola Tinubu against meddling in the forthcoming Edo election, rather he should occupy himself on how to bring out Nigerians from the hardship and suffering the APC government has subjected Nigerians to.
He also advised the Independent National Electoral Commission not to yield to likely pressures from the federal government to manipulate the electoral processes in favour of a particular political party.
To do that is to set the pathway towards the destruction of the very foundation of democracy in Nigeria which the people suffered to enthrone. He added that INEC must prove that they are truly unbiased umpire and allow Edo people to vote their choices on election day.
He begged INEC to use the Edo election as a showpiece of what to be expected in subsequent elections in the country by making the exercise credible.
He equally cautioned the security agents not to let politicians use them to do dirty job by intimidating the voters on that day. He said their duty is to maintain law and order to ensure elections go on smoothly.
On the crisis rocking the Labour Party, Eholor said it wasn’t peculiar to the party as it was a global phenomenon that affects political parties across the world. He however, said that the crisis will not affect the chances of the party of winning the election in September.
He promised to remain in the party having sacrificed so much resources to build the party, adding that efforts have begun to resolving the crisis amicably.