There is strong indication that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would unveil the running mate of its governorship candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo on Monday in Abuja.
The Acting State Chairman of the party, Emperor Jaret Tenebe confirmed this on phone saying “Our choice of running mate emanated from the people and we are going to unveil him tomorrow (Monday) in Abuja.
“It will be the youngest ticket ever in the history of Edo State and that is what we will use to defeat the other parties. We are not like them that are producing much older people to govern the state. We are going to produce a young team” he said.
When told to reveal the name of the running mate , he declined saying. “That is why we are unveiling him tomorrow so everybody will see” but Infopowerng reliably gathered that the member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and a governorship aspirant in the party’s governorship election, Rt. Hon Dennis Idahosa has been picked to be the running mate to Okpebholo.
It was gathered that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu personally intervened in the Edo APC issue and was said to have mandated the Minister of the Niger Delta, Hon Abubakar Momoh to ensure that Idahosa’s name is submitted. It was also agreed that Idahosa would withdraw his case from the court once all the processes were concluded.
An insider told Infopowerng on Sunday that “It has been a difficult issue for over one week especially after Idahosa went to court. The leadership of the party in Abuja had to come into the issue.
“There have been so many interests at play. Ego was also involved as there were some leaders of the party, led by an aspirant who withdrew a day before the primary election, who saw the primary as an opportunity to get at Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Leader of the party in the state, they even threatened to publicly leave the party and work against it if Idahosa is chosen.
“The president intervened and I believe that was what calmed nerves and I hope that all of them will respect and honour the wish of the president,” he said.
POI is threatening to leave the party? Very funny. How many times has he left one Party for another? This is a Man that has never won his unit, ward and LGA in any election in the state but wants Oshiomole to raise his hands as the party’s candidate. Odoriferous Eki-Eghere