On Saturday, the All Progressives Congress branch in Edo State supported Governor Monday Okpebholo’s decision to forbid Peter Obi from entering the state without a security clearance.
Shortly after Joseph Ikpea and Omosede Igbinedion were declared the senatorial and House of Representatives candidates for the Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency, respectively, Jarrett Tenebe, the party’s state chairman, made this statement on Saturday.
The party will run a “rigorous campaign to prove to all that we actively won the 2024 governorship election,” Tenebe added.
“The party also believes that the governor was right 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 election was conducted in the 51 wards in the five local government areas in Edo Central and Ikpea emerged the winner with the 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.
