BREAKING: 5 Edo Governorship Candidates Withdraw From Race, Back APC’s Okpebholo

Barely three weeks to the Edo guber election, five governorship candidates have withdrawn from the race to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Monday Okpebholo.

According to monitored reports, the candidates who spoke at a conference in Benin city said they are sacrificing their ambitions for Okpebholo because of his vision and charisma, asserting that he is best suited to drive development in the state.

Aside from the candidates, chairmen from five political parties have also publicly endorsed the APC candidate.

At the event, Hon. Sam Arase of the NRM, spoke on behalf of the other candidates who took turns to endorse the speech.

“Education is very paramount in whatever you are doing, today we are talking because are educated, we can read and write because we are educated, he told the people of the state that all the schools that are underdeveloped will be developed if by His grace he becomes the governor of the state, we came back home and decided to come here today as members of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), including our candidate, Dr Dennis Osahon, the Alliance Peoples Movement (APM) candidate, Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) candidate, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate and the Action Democratic Party (ADP) candidate to work together with the APC. All our candidates, having discussed with them and the leadership of our parties, we have decided to vote enmasse for the APC.

The endorsing candidates are Zenith Labour Party’s Bishop Akhalameh, Ugiagbe Sylvester of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM and Akhimie Kingson of the Action Democratic Party (ADP).

Responding, Senator Okpebholo commended the gesture and promised to run an all inclusive government, assuring implementation of every item in his manifesto to turn the state into a huge construction site.