FCT, Abuja – The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship election in Edo state, Monday Okpebholo will win the September election.
Momoh affirmed that the APC has the advantage over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo in the coming election.
He stated this after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu alongside Okpebholo, former Edo state governor, Senator Adams Oshiomhole and others at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, July 5.
As reported by The Punch, he said the APC will comfortably win Edo North while the flagbearer, Okpebholo will deliver Edo Central because heâs a homeboy.
The minister said Governor Godwin Obaseki should prepare to leave the Government House in September.
Momoh added that the APC candidate is well-known and loved by his people unlike Ighodalo, who they allegedly don’t know, The Nation reports.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Okpebholo reacted to the federal high court judgement that nullified Ighodalo’s nomination as the PDP candidate.
Okpebholo said the court judgment is a clear indication that the APC is the party to beat in the Edo state governorship election.
He said Ighodalo was being misled by Governor Godwin Obaseki into running for the governorship election
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
