Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and other top All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders yesterday mobilized support for the party’s governorship candidate in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, at a final campaign rally in Benin City.
Addressing the crowd at the University of Benin Indoors Sports Complex, Ugbowo Campus, Shettima described Okpebholo as a strategic thinker, builder, and compassionate leader who can solve problems affecting the people of Edo State.
He expressed confidence in Okpebholo’s ability to deliver dividends of democracy to the people.
Akpabio, on his part, praised Okpebholo’s capacity to perform, saying he doesn’t need someone who can speak “grammar” but one who can deliver results.
He noted that Okpebholo has been living up to his billings in the National Assembly and can be trusted to deliver the dividends of democracy in Edo State.
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Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, Cross River State Governor Bassey Edet Otu, Ondo State Governor Lucky Oyedatiwa, and other APC leaders also attended the rally, urging the people of Edo State to come out in large numbers to vote for Okpebholo on September 21.
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In his remarks, Okpebholo promised to employ 5,000 teachers within his first 100 days in office and provide soft loans to market women to boost their businesses. He also pledged to build primary healthcare centers in all 192 wards in the state.
The rally also witnessed the defection of a former senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Senator Francis Alimikhena, and a former member representing Oredo federal constituency, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
Alimikhena and Ogbeide-Ihama pledged to mobilize their followers to vote for the APC in the forthcoming governorship election.
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