Rev. Martins, who is also the lead Pastor of Hillcity Ministry and an activist, was reacting to his purported endorsement of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in Benin.
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The call for the arrest and prosecution was sequel to a motion moved under matters of urgent public importance by the leader of the House, Henry Okhuarobo, representing Ikpoba-Okha Constituency.
Chief Dan Orbih, the Chairman of the PDP Edo State Governorship Campaign Council, said this during the campaign council campaign tour to Ward 4 and Ward 10 in Ekpoma on Friday.
Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, said this during his ward to ward campaign tour across the 10 wards in Esan North East Local Government Area.
Aziegbemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of the party’s campaign tour of the wards in Igueben Local Government Area.
However, Oshiomhole had after his interaction with the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, said he was at the Presidential Villa for consultation on the upcoming election.
“Since about 80 per cent of the voters in Edo State are supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Godwin Obaseki is as good as through to the governorship victory and will therefore continue at Osadebe House,” Edo State leaders said on Sunday.
Ize-Iyamu denied the allegations at a press briefing in Benin after he watched the footage of the PDP rally at Apana, Etsako-West Local Government Area.
The march, which was organised by the Edo Voters Volunteers Assembly, a grassroots voter mobilisation body, had over 2,000 participants made up of youths and women, mobilised from the 12 wards in Oredo Local Government Area of the state.
Obaseki made the call on Friday in Ukhuse in Owan West Local Government Area, when addressing members of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Ward 6 campaign ground.
Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the September 19 gubernatorial election in the state, lauded the electorate for their resilience and commitment shown him and his campaign team.
The incident occurred in Ward 10, Apana, where the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, hails from and votes
Shaibu is contesting the September 19 governorship election with his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Addressing party faithful during the reelection campaign of the candidate of the PDP in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election and governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, in Agbede, Etsako West Local Government Area, Orbih urged voters to deny Oshiomhole and his alleged co-looters access to the state’s treasury by rejecting the APC and its candidate at the poll, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
The governor said this after inspecting the residence of the Commissioner for Youth, Hon. Damian Lawani, in Udaba Ekphei Community, Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state, that was attacked by political thugs suspected to be working for Oshiomhole and the gubernatorial candidate of the APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu,
The senator made this known in a statement from his media office on Sunday.
In a statement he personally signed on behalf of the Conference of Speakers, Obasa said the removal of the roofs of the hallowed Assembly is an injury to Nigeria’s democracy and must be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians.
The women groups also condemned the inauguration of another House of Assembly in the state.
Obaseki spoke after a closed-door meeting with all the Security Chiefs in the state, expressing concern over the rising security challenges ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state.
Lukman said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, adding that the council should ensure that APC campaign messages highlighted all developmental projects of the APC administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki.