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Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has expressed confidence that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 poll, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, will win with 80 per cent of the votes.
He insisted that PDP had the best governorship candidate that would continue from where he would stop.
Obaseki spoke during the inauguration of the campaign council of Edo PDP in Benin on Saturday.
He noted the structure of the PDP’s campaign council was rooted in all the 192 wards of the 18 local government areas with every organ of the party captured.
The Edo Governor said: “We are here to inaugurate the campaign council that will lead PDP to victory in the September 21 governorship election. The campaign is going to be based on what we have achieved, and the lives that we have touched. The campaign will also be based on the future, not the past.
“We see the suffering the people are going through. So, the campaign will be based on the hope PDP will give our people.
“Those fighting PDP have collected money from the other political parties and I want you all present to join me to flush them out. Let them stay out, since they have collected money.”
Edo PDP chairman, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, informed the campaign council comprised 363 members, excluding the women and youth wings.
The Director-General of the campaign council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, thanked Edo Governor governor and PDP members for the opportunity to serve the party.
Ighodalo thanked PDP’s leaders and others for the confidence reposed in him, stating that Obaseki had laid a functional foundation in every sector, which he would build upon.