{"id":32308,"date":"2020-09-24T07:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32308"},"modified":"2020-09-24T07:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:19:38","slug":"edo-nigerias-democracy-on-the-right-path-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32308","title":{"rendered":"EDO: Nigeria\u2019s democracy on the right path \u2013 Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/edwin-clark.jpg\" alt=\"Police raid Edwin Clark Abuja home for arms\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday hailed the peaceful conduct of Saturday\u2019s governorship election in Edo State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement he personally signed, the elder statesman commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring the peaceful conduct of the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also congratulated the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, his deputy, Philip Shuabu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on their success at the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He declared that Nigeria was on the path of strengthening its democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark said: \u201cIt is worthy of note to observe that it is a nascent sign of credible electoral processes in our country if the positive things that happened are sustained and improved upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is for this reason that I want to highly commend His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, for his roles and admonitions he gave to the politicians, the electoral umpire and the security agencies that for once, under his watch, INEC was able to conduct a free, fair and credible election, and the security agencies conducted themselves professionally before, during and after the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a great departure from what was obtained in previous elections in the country like the 2018 election in Osun and last year\u2019s governorship elections in Rivers, Kogi and Bayelsa just to mention a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammad Buhari deserves to be commended and appreciated by all well-meaning Nigerians for his new disposition and commitment to free, fair and credible elections in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the past, we had condemned Mr. President for being behind the audacious abuses of the electoral system, with the deployment of the so-called \u2019federal might\u2019 to harass, intimidate, and deny citizens of their democratic rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday hailed the peaceful conduct of Saturday\u2019s governorship election in Edo State. 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