A Socio-Cultural Group, the Edo Better Days Organisation, ( EBDO) said it has concluded plans to drag Edo Speaker, Marcus Onobun and the other lawmakers that defected to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to court, saying it is clear case of stealing the mandate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Edo State.
EBDO made the statement in a release made available to journalists on Wednesday in Benin City.
The Statement, signed by the Chairman, Tietie Johnson and Secretary Edentanle Omozejiele , expressed optimism that the court which is the last hope of common man would return the stolen Mandate of the people who voted for the APC.
The group maintened that it can not allow APC votes to be thrown into the Dustin when they laboured to get the votes for the All Progressive Congress APC in the state.
According to them, “we decided to contest the position in Court since they defected with our votes to another party ,abandoning the Party that gave them the votes.
” We have consulted our lawyers already and they have gone to court to perfect the necessary papers.”
According to the group, ” the lawmakers must be made to
account for the People’s votes which they took to another party which did not vote for them.”
EBDO, ” is committed to the people’s welfare and we never allow an in individual or group of people to steal the mandates given to them through the ballot boxes”…. Continue reading