Cross River state governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu has been inaugurated chairman, alongside three hundred and sixty-two others as members of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) National Campaign Council for the Edo state governorship election, slated for September 21, 2024.
The National Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje inaugurated the campaign council in Benin City, Saturday, at a high-profile event attended, notably, by the Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Senator Adams Oshiomole, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh, the APC Governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his running mate, Hon. Dennis Idahosa as well as the serving Deputy Governor of Edo state, Hon. Philip Shuaibu and his political group, Legacy coalition group, who were received into the party after severing ties with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking after his inauguration, Governor Otu, who has been saddled by the APC with a similar assignment some months back for Imo state where the party secured victory and retained the government in the state, assured Edo state APC that the campaign council would repeat a similar feat by winning landslide come September 21.
He urged the people of Edo state to embrace the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu, explaining that things the president has already done and is still doing for the country are enduring and will start to manifest in the nearest future.
“We will deliver Edo state to the kitty of the APC,” Governor Otu said.
Besides the campaign council inauguration, another highlight of the occasion was the reception of the Edo State deputy Governor, Hon. Shuaibu and his group into the APC, having dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Governor Otu informed the members of the campaign Council that they would soon be communicated to on the schedule of their meetings.
The National Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Dr Ganduje, and the former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomole, were among the party leaders who all aligned with Governor Otu in expressing confidence over the chances of the APC to secure victory at the September 21 polls.
President Bola Tinubu is expected to attend either the flag-off of the Governorship campaign or the grand finale in Benin before the election.
By Nsa Gill
(Chief Press Secretary to the Governor)
