Speaking to journalists in Benin City, the group’s spokesman, Patrick Osuji, said the Obaseki-led government has shown uncommon zeal in pursuing an industrialisation roadmap that is transforming the state into an investment haven for big-ticket projects.
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The explanation was contained in a statement by the governor’s aide.
The leaders and members of the APC in Urhonigbe South, Ward 8 dumped the party, endorsing the second term aspiration of the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu.
He announced his defection at a ceremony in his home town, Ilobi-Isi, near Ehor, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State and urged his supporters to work for the second term bid of Gov. Godwin Obaseki
In a statement by John Mayaki, the Chairman of the Campaign Council, the APC said the “motley of parties” have sold out their platform and done irrevocable damage to their potential for growth in the state by agreeing to offer their support to a widely rejected Governor.
Engr. Ikhine made the offer during a tour of the businesses and services offered at the multi-location facilities of the Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) in Benin City.
The Governor said this during a courtesy visit by the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Air Vice Marshall (retd) Muhammadu Muhammed, who was in the state to flag off the Emergency Agricultural Intervention Funds programme for Persons affected by flooding.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, in a statement said the state government has pursued a wholistic strategy to revamping the education sector in the last three years and seven months that has seen to the development of the critical sectors of the education sector.
This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress as the mudslingers.
The Leader of the group, Uwaila Airueghian, told newsmen in Benin that the group would throw its weight behind Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, because he stood for women empowerment.
Reacting to a report in an online medium that Dangote told newsmen in Abuja that he “shall continue to support his good and reliable friend, Mr. Godwin Obaseki known to have handled stocks and investment portfolios for Dangote Group”, Chiejina said the report was an outright falsehood and a figment of the imagination of the writers.
The aides communicated their decision to the Governor in a joint letter of resignation.
In politics, neophytes need to be supported and assisted to overcome challenges. Gratitude is the normal reaction for such support. For instance, it is on record that former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, who is now in the same camp with Governor Godwin Obaseki, ruled the state when there were three godfathers plying their trade on the state’s political terrain.
Justice Chikere struck out the case due to the absence of the plaintiffs and the defendant in court.
Abubakar announced this in a statement on Saturday in Benin.
The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who presented the certificate to Obaseki, commended the party’s electoral committee for holding a peaceful and successful primary in Edo State.
The Forum Chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, in a congratulatory message signed by the Director-General, CID Maduabum, on Friday in Abuja, said Obaseki’s emergence was a testament to his leadership skills.
The Minority Leader, in a statement on Friday, also commended other governorship aspirants as well as the leaders and members of the PDP for “exhibiting high level of maturity, transparency, understanding, sacrifice and adherence to rules to make Governor Obaseki’s emergence smooth and rancour free”.
Obaseki emerged late on Thursday after the primaries held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the Edo State capital