With the woeful performance of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, ADEYINKA ADEDIPE writes that the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has hit the streets soliciting votes as the popularity of his party dwindles in the state
With the woeful performance of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections,writes that the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has hit the streets soliciting votes as the popularity of his party dwindles in the state
The governor, whose party failed to win any of the National Assembly seats or deliver the state to the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25, knows he has to double his efforts if he intends to get the majority in the state assembly, which is looking unlikely considering the voting pattern in the last election, where the APC dominated in Edo North and Edo Central while the Labour Party candidates held sway in Edo South,...
Obaseki has taken his campaign to the markets and streets to tell the traders and residents about the need to vote for his party in the March 18 election, noting that achieving this would help him continue the development of the state. Adding to the fierce battle is the acrimony generated by the exclusion of 14 APC members from the assembly in 2019 and the fallout between the governor and Oshiomhole, which led to the APC denying Obaseki a second-term ticket. Obaseki defected to the PDP, where he realised his second-term ambition.
Osagie expressed confidence that the Edo people, as they did in 2020, would again rise in defence of the governor at the polls on March 18 and vote massively for the PDP by electing a House controlled by the PDP. “Obaseki has never placed his confidence in any man or godfather. He has placed his confidence in God and the people.”
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