With the Edo State September 19 Governorship Election barely two weeks away, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Wednesday, held a meeting with the All Progressives Congress candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu; and the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The monarch met with the two leading candidates at his palace in Benin City, the state capital, according to a tweet by @OfficialPDPNig.
The tweet read, “The Oba of Benin, HRH, Oba Ewuare II, is currently in a crucial meeting with the two leading candidates in the September 19, 2020, guber election in Edo State, @GovernorObaseki and @IzeIyamu4EdoGov at his palace.”
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the monarch said he would invite all the candidates participating in the governorship election to his palace to sign a peace pact.
This, he had explained, was in an attempt to stem the violence being recorded prior to the governorship election in the state.
The election is about two weeks away but the political temperature in the state is heating up, with the players engaging in verbal attacks.
The state House of Assembly has also been embroiled in crisis of late with different political camps trying to outdo one another.
Obaseki, who is seeking reelection, will face Ize-Iyamu, who has the backings of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); APC stalwart, Bola Tinubu; and former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
Obaseki has since been at loggerheads with his predecessor, Oshiomhole.
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