Why APC Should Win Edo Governorship Election – Buhari

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has described Godwin
Obaseki, the governorship candidate of All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Saturday’s election in Edo State, as a
seasoned technocrat to lead.
Mr. Buhari said this at the APC’s mega campaign rally at
the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Tuesday in Benin.
“Obaseki is a seasoned technocrat and I recommend him
to you so that you can continue to grow the state’s
developmental stride,” the president said.
He recalled previous invitations to him by Gov. Adams
Oshiomhole and applauded his several achievements in the
state.
“I am grateful for inviting me to come today to identify
with you. You have built schools and roads which I have
seen myself,” he said.
The president said the Edo people would do well to vote for
Obaseki on Sept. 10 to sustain and continue with Mr.
Oshiomhole’s “good works” in the state.
He acknowledged the current economic challenges and
assured the people that the nation would come out of the
woods with the available human and material resources.
The president paid tributes to the late Oba Erediuwa,
describing him as a foremost traditional leader with
unquestionable integrity.
“I have not seen any more forthright traditional ruler,” he
said.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo had on
Tuesday said that President Buhari’s visit to the state
would boost the party’s chances at Saturday’s
governorship election.
The party chairman in the state, Anselm Ojezua, said the
president’s visit would boost the party’s chances at the
polls.
Mr. Ojezua, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) at the main bowl of the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium,
in Benin, said this was in spite of the fact that the party
and its candidate, Mr. Obaseki, had prepared well.
“But the president gracing the final rally will no doubt
further enhance the chances of the party at the poll,’’ he
said.
The chairman said the president “will not be oblivious of
the fact that his visit is important being his first major
governorship poll to be conducted since assumption of
office on May 29, 2015.
“As for us, we have worked hard for the election, but the
visit of Mr President today, Tuesday, is going to be an
added advantage to us,” he said.