Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, expressed his commitment to support the chosen candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the State Governorship Elections scheduled for September 21, 2024.
He made this statement in Abuja on Thursday during the PDP National Working Committee meeting with the party’s Edo State stakeholders.
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Obaseki also clarified that there are no issues between him and his Deputy Governor, Philip Shuaibu.
The governor said, “There is no issue between me and my deputy and he is here; he wants to contest and we are not asking him to drop his ambition. He is a freeborn of Edo State, and he can contest.
On who he will support for the governorship election, Obaseki said “I will support whoever the party supports.”
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During his comments, the acting national chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagum, revealed that all stakeholders in Edo State have reached a consensus to collaborate.
Damagum said, “We have agreed to work together as one family and we will go further to break the meeting into smaller committees so that at the end of the day, we will come out with a better solution. But in conclusion, Edo is now one family.
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Additionally, Asue Ighodalo, one of the aspirants, expressed confidence that the PDP is well-prepared to secure victory in the upcoming state election.
He stated “The leadership of the party all spoke well and they spoke in line of unity for the party. We are all very happy coming out of that meeting. Our people should expect continuous great governance for our state and continuous good governance from the PDP.”
