Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State governorship election, has accused those who he says “do not mean well for the state” of halting his party's ambition to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki. He expressed this sentiment in a message to the people of Edo after losing the election to Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP , in last Saturday's governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo , said the aspiration of the party to produce the successor of outgoing Governor Godwin Obaseki was halted by people who do not mean well for the state.
reports that Ighodalo remarked in his message to the Edo people after he was defeated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Sunday declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of APC the winner of the election with 291,667 votes, while PDP got 247,566 votes. Ighodalo, however, opined that the opposition's triumph is only temporary.
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