Buhari Defends Insistence on Credible Election in Edo
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his resolve to ensure credible election in the recently conducted Edo State governorship poll was borne out of desire to assure Nigerians that he respects them as Nigerians and that he was bound by the oath he took.
Buhari disclosed this when Governor Obaseki along with his Deputy, Philip Shuaibu, and other party faithful to the Presidential Villa on a thank you visit.
He said, “I thank you for bringing your deputy and supporters to come and see me after beating my party.
“I am supposed to preside over all Nigerians’ interests, whether I like it or not, but my single desire is to make sure that innocent people don’t suffer. That message I got across to the Inspector General of Police, that elections must be free and fair.
“What I insist ...