Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has intensified the mobilisation of grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of th 2027 presidential election.
Naijaonpoint reports that Okpehbolo, on Thursday, led a formidable contingent of All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to Ugo in the Orhionmwon Local Government Area, where hundreds of new supporters were received into the party.
While addressing the enthusiastic crowd, Governor Okpebholo reaffirmed Edo APC’s loyalty to the President and expressed optimism that Tinubu will be re-elected in 2027.
He said, “Asiwaju is coming back. Is this not something that has been settled in Edo State; that Asiwaju is coming back? We make this declaration because of the progress we have made in advancing the welfare, security and infrastructural development we are giving our people in the state.he declared.
“If they like, let the opposition kidnap all of us. We are not afraid of them. We will match them.” He noted that the performance of his administration has already validated the trust reposed in him at the polls. “Is Edo not shining? What you voted for, are you not seeing the dividends? When you voted for me, is it not to see the performance you are seeing today?”
Okpebholo also addressed the lingering infrastructural concerns in the area, particularly the deplorable state of the roads, assuring that it will be fixed by 2026.
He noted, “When I was coming, I got to a point where I was deeply thinking about what to urgently do in addressing the deplorable condition of the road because the only access road to the community is in a very bad condition. I felt the people living around here would be visiting hospitals frequently because of the bad road. But the good news is this; by this time next year, we will come to see how it has changed.”
The State Deputy Chairman of the APC, Sylvester Aigbobo, officially received the decampees, led by Ambassador Westley Asoro, in a ceremony that drew applause and solidified the party’s expanding grassroots base.
Those in attendance include several high-ranking figures, including the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa; Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu; Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilo, Esq, former deputy governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu and the APC National Women Leader, among others.
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