The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday said the defeat of the People Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State was inevitable because the PDP ignored his many earlier warnings about that election.
Primate Ayodele said Governor Godwin Obaseki and the PDP did not do what ought to have been done to win the election, stressing that the outcome of the Edo governorship poll is a signpost to 2027.
The prophet explained that the 2027 presidential election will not be free of electoral malpractices.
He lamented that the opposition parties in Nigeria were missing on ground but heavily active only on digital platforms.
In a statement signed by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Primate Ayodele cited PDP’s role as an opposition party, saying it had expired because governors under the platform were dull.
The prophet said: ‘’I have been warning Edo PDP and Governor Obaseki about the outcome of the result seven different times but they refused to listen to warnings, they didn’t do what was needed to win the election.
“This is what Nigerians should be expecting in 2027, if care isn’t taken, election malpractice will determine who will win the election.
‘’There is no judiciary to win your rights; Edo is a precedent of what they should expect in 2027. The opposition is weak, PDP governors are all dormant, selfish and confused, the party is dead physically and spiritually.
‘’There is no opposition, the opposition is in bondage, they are just ceremonial governors, they don’t have action.
“Where are the likes of Wike, Saraki, Oshiomhole, Rotimi Amaechi, Fayose in opposition parties, they are all gone. The new generation of opposition parties are too dull, what we have left is digital opposition.’
‘’Especially in PDP, most governors are after their personal interest, they have no clout and will only betray themselves,‘’ he said.
