Guber Race: We’ll Capture Edo State – Gov Otu Banks On Mandate Delivery
BY UBON EKANEM – The Cross River State Governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu has promised to successfully deliver on the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s marching order of capturing Edo State in the September 2024 gubernatorial election.
As Chairman of the Party’s Campaign Council, Governor Otu said leading APC to victory against the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led administration in the South South state is a task that must be done.
Speaking after the Council’s formal inauguration, Governor Otu, who held a similar position during the last Imo State governorship poll where the Party secured victory, assured the people of Edo state that the same feat would be repeated come September 21, 2024.
Senator Otu, who is the leader of APC in the South South geo-political zone, further boasted that Edo state is an APC enclave and the people cannot afford to continue dining and wining with those who do not have the zone’s interest at heart besides visiting during elections period to shop for votes
He said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, which traverses Edo state, is a legacy project of the present administration to shore up the region’s economic base with its high tech infrastructural benefits and employment opportunities in line with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Further magnifying the ruling Party’s goodwill to the zone, Governor Otu said; “I bring you good tidings from Mr President, who has mandated me to inform the good people of Edo state that the South South zone is very dear to his heart as the bedrock of our country’s economic stay”.
According to him, recent events in the State has proved that APC is the party to beat during the elections, urging the people to “unite and dump a party that has demonstrated over the years that what they care for is our votes and our nature’s endowed resources”.
Otu Leads 362 Others On APC National Campaign Council for Edo
Governor Otu is leading the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for the Edo state governorship poll that has 362 other members.
The Party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje inaugurated the Campaign Council at a high-profile event in Benin City, the State capital, attended by the Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Senator Adams Oshiomole, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh, the APC Governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his running mate, Dennis Idahosa.
Also gracing the event was the court-reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo state, Comrade Philip Shuaibu and his political group, Legacy Coalition group, who were formally received into the party after severing ties with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The APC National Chairman, Alhaji Dr Ganduje, and former Edo Governor, Senator Adams Oshiomole, were among the party leaders who joined Governor Otu to express confidence that the nation’s ruling party will secure victory at the September 21 election.
Party’s insiders hinted that the President is expected to attend the governorship campaign grand finale in Benin before the election proper.
