The promise of delivering 2.5 votes towards President Bola Tinubu reelection by Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo state seems to be realisable as scores of opposition political leaders and members defeated to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West Local Government area of the state.
The defection that occurred in the council area of the deputy governor, Rt. Hon Dennis Idahosa, saw the detectors attributing reasons for the defection to the entrenchment of good governance by the Okpebholo-led administrationbof less than two years.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Friday Aghedo, the deputy governor, noted that politics is all about delivering electoral promises to the people.
Idahosa urged all members of the party, both new and old, to capitalise on the gains of the “Renewed Hope Agenda,” of President Tinubu by logging into the open APC E-registration portal to authenticate their party membership.
To the detectors, the deputy governor reminded them that their coming would led to the fulfillment of the promised 2.5 votes to the President in 2027.
“We should go back to our various units and start to preach the renewed hope agenda message to our people.
“Again, we have about seven days to go before the portal for registration closes on January 30, As a bonafide member of the APC you have the constitutional right of a card carrying members of the APC that allows you to elect executives right from your unit to the nation level.
“It is important to have the registration slip which confers us with the authority of being APC members,” he stated.
Idahosa commneded Ovia South West Council Chairman, Hon. Nosakhare Edobor for opening up the hinterlands and bringing visible development to the doorstep of the people, which has helped convince them to voluntarily align with the vision of the APC to help drive in more development.
Similarly, the party chairman in the local government, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbomo, urged the new members not to miss out in the ongoing Continous Voter Registration (CVR).
Other APC leaders at the event were the Sports Commission Chairman, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele, Edo State Houses of Assembly Member, Hon. Sunny Aghedo and a host of other leaders.
