The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has supported Governor Monday Okpebholo’s position on former presidential candidate Peter Obi’s visit to the state.
The party asserted that Obi should get a security clearance before visiting the state because of the residents’ opinions about him.
The state chairman of the party, Jarrett Tenebe, stated this on Saturday, shortly after Joseph Ikpea and Omosede Igbinedion were announced as the senatorial and House of Representatives candidates for the Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency, respectively.
Tenebe also said the party would campaign “rigorously to prove to all that we actively won the 2024 governorship election.”
“The party also believes that the governor was right in warning Peter Obi to get security clearance before coming into the state because of the opinion people have about Obi in the state, especially when the last time he came here, three people were killed,” he added.
On the election, he said, “Now that we have our candidates, we will hit the ground running, we are going to campaign as if we have never won elections in this state. We want to let the people know that we actually won the last governorship election.”
Earlier, the Chairman and Chief Returning Officer of the APC Edo Central Primary Election Committee, Ugboaja Stanley, said the election was conducted in the 51 wards in the five local government areas in Edo Central, and Ikpea emerged the winner with 255 delegates from the zone, affirming the outcome.
His counterpart for the Ovia Federal Constituency, Lucky Ajokperiniovo said Igbinedion emerged the candidate of the party for Ovia Federal Constituency after other aspirants stepped down for her.