The Edo State Governor and Action Congress of Nigeria candidate for the July 14, 2012 governorship election in the state, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party for damaging his campaign billboards and posters in Benin City and other parts of the state.
Oshiomhole, who spoke at a campaign rally organised by his party at the New Benin Market in Benin City, described the act as cowardly as it could only have been perpetrated at night by agents of the opposition party.
He admonished supporters of the ACN not to engage in the same act as it would amount to joining those who ruled and bastardised the state for 10 years in their un-progressive disposition.
Oshiomhole noted that the good work he has done in the last three and a half years in the state could not be erased by those he described as agents of darkness and urged the people to vote for the ACN in the coming election so as to continue to enjoy the dividends of democracy.
He said: “Even if they tear my posters, can they tear the roads, schools, hospitals, water and light that we have done? You already know me. Can they tear my face from your hearts?”
Oshiomhole asked the people to ensure that they do not sell their voter cards as it remains their weapon on July 14, and enjoined them to turn out enmasse to vote and defend their votes.
He promised to give the New Benin Market a face-life befitting the environment now created with the dualisation of the Mission Road axis from the Kings Square through Upper Mission Extension to Aduwawa as well as provide a 500KVA transformer to enhance electricity supply to the area.
Also addressing a mammoth crowd of ACN supporters at Ekae Community in Benin City, Oshiomhole commended the people for their support and promised that the road leading to the community would be reconstructed during his second term in office.
He, however, promised immediate renovation of the primary school, provision of transformer and a modern market in the community to bring it to the same level with other communities.
Earlier, a representative of the community pledged the total support of the entire community for the aspiration of the Comrade Governor.