…Vow To Reclaim Edo
A former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to settle their differences with a view to securing victory for the party’s presidential flagbearer, Ahmed Tinubu and others in 2023 general elections.
The former National Chairman of the APC who made the appeal in Benin, Monday, at the party’s stakeholders meeting, urged members of the party to work together as a family, and make sure they reclaim power from the PDP in the state.
“Although we are in power in Abuja, but not in Edo State, we have renewed our commitment to work as a South South zone to deliver the party in 2023 polls,” Oshiomhole lamented.
He continued: “We are eager to take power from the state, national assemblies and retain it in federal level. We do have challenges even though the Vice Chairman, APC, South South, said we do not have. One of the challenges we have is that we have been misruled by the governor of the state.
“We defeated PDP in this state in 2007, 2012 and 2016. The person who won decided to defect back to PDP, but our spirits cannot return to PDP. We have dealt with PDP. When we eventually defeat PDP, there will be no PDP in Nigeria as a party to return to.
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“Even though we are not in government now, when we work together as one united party, we will defeat PDP. All the party leaders in the 18 local government areas are here to strategize for the victory of the party,” he added.
While admitting that there are challenges facing the APC in the state, Oshiomhole pleaded to all the angry members of the party to put behind what happened in the past.
He said stakeholders aims was to ensure they visit the six states in the South South zone to resolve crisis that engulfed the party.
He advised all aggrieved members of the party who have cases in courts to withdraw their cases to enable the party move forward, and secure victory ahead of 2023 general elections .
Comrade Oshiomhole equally appealed to members of the party to ensure they vote Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu for president, saying he has the capacity to lead Nigeria and provide what the country had lost in the past.
On his part, National Vice Chairman, South-South zone of the APC, Comrade Victor Giadom, appealed to top leaders and members of the party to embrace peace and unity in order to ensure the party emerge victory in 2023 elections.
The former Rivers State Commissioner for Works, further advised angry and aggrieved members of the state to shevle their swords and work towards the victory of the party.
He also appealed to them to vote for Tinubu, assuring that he will provide the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
He urged them to work together as a united party so as to secure victory for the party in 2023 general polls.
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” So, we are here as a family to speak to ourselves, find solutions to our common challenges, and reposition of the party towards the victory in 2023. We have strong commitment from my former boss, that is Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the state APC chairman and all members of the party. Looking ahead of the party, very are satisfied and convinced that we are on track.
“We are reassured that we are going to reclaim back Edo state from the PDP, and at the end of the day we are going to deliver governance back to Edo state, and the South- South zone of this country,” he added.