Forward of the Edo State governorship election, some All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders on Tuesday claimed that the motion of governor Godwin Obaseki and different leaders of the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, currently confirmed a panic temper of their camp.
The leaders, in an announcement, accused Governor Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, within the state and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, of sponsoring marketing campaign of calumny in opposition to the governorship candidate of APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo.
The leaders, who’re members of the APC Vanguard, stated the PDP, Obaseki and Ighodalo have out of the blue grow to be determined, over fears that they’ll endure a humiliating defeat within the upcoming governorship polls.
A bunch, Community of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria, just lately held a press convention and likewise petitioned the Inspector-Normal of Police (IGP), the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), amongst others, over claims that Okpebholo sprayed the naira at a public perform.
In an announcement signed by the nationwide coordinator of the Vanguard, David Osarobo, the leaders puzzled why “determined Obaseki and his political godson, Ighodalo”, will resort to character assassination with the intention to rating low-cost political factors.
He stated leaders of the civil society have been closely induced to tarnish the picture of Okpebholo, whose reputation they stated, has hit the roofs since his emergence because the candidate of the APC.
Osarobo stated: “Godwin Obaseki, the crisis-ridden PDP and their novice candidate, Ighodalo, have determined to resort to low-cost blackmail. They know that they’ll lose the election and they’re jittery.
“They’re scouting for faux information and non-existent issues to blackmail Okpebholo and misinform Edo individuals.
“Sadly for them, we all know what they’re as much as. They’re smelling the defeat already. Edo individuals have already determined and no quantity of State-sponsored intimidation will work.
“In Edo State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC administration is working. The Federal Authorities is reconstructing federal roads in Edo Central, Edo North and Edo South. The APC-led Federal Authorities is planning to implement different social welfare programmes in Edo State.
“That’s the reason it’s crucial for Edo individuals to take sides with the APC and vote for Okpebholo as the subsequent governor of Edo State.
“There isn’t a going again. We should liberate Edo State from the grip of mini tyrants and financial scavengers who wish to use our commonwealth to complement themselves. Edo State deserves a home-grown answer to the numerous issues created by Obaseki’s clueless administration.”
