Nigeria, Sept. 19 -- It is crunch time for Godwin Obaseki, the 61-year-old governor of Edo State.

His fate hangs in the hands of voters who will decide in the next few hours if he deserves to win a second term in an election that promises to be tough and intriguing

There is apprehension in Mr Obaseki's camp. Same with that of his main rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

If he wins this election, Mr Obaseki, who is running on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would have succeeded in 'taming' his predecessor, a former national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, the man who brought him into government and also helped him to win the governorship in 2016.

Mr Ize-Iyamu, 58, is Mr Obaseki's main ...