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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has boasted governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu cannot match any of its aspirants.
Ize-Iyamu who contested the state governoship election in 2016 under the platform of the PDP, emerged the candidate of the APC yesterday Monday, after polling 27,388 votes to defeat Pius Odubu, his closest challenger, who secured 3,776 votes.
In a statement on Monday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said Ize-Iyamu emerged as a candidate through “the crudest governorship election primary ever”, adding that APC would lose the governorship election fixed for September.
“Since Ize-Iyamu emerged as a candidate through the crudest governorship election primary ever, in the history of our nation, the people of Edo state had written off the APC, turned the party into a butt of street joke as well as a new metaphor for disdain for the people,” said Ologbondiyan.
“From all indications, only failure awaits the APC in the September election. This is because, going by the figures announced from the direct primary, which the APC conducted to produce Ize-Iyamu, it is clear that the totality of the members of the APC in Edo is far below 40,000, in a state where the membership and support base of the PDP soar well above three million.
“Moreover, the people of Edo state had been openly told by Ize-Iyamu’s godfather, Adams Oshiomhole, that he is not fit to occupy the office of the governor of Edo state for reasons he had also put in public space.”
The PDP spokesman said it is “nauseating” to foist Ize-Iyamu on Edo people after he had been degraded by his party in 2016.
“Given the crisis that has destroyed the APC to its tatters, it is difficult to assert that Ize-Iyamu will be their eventual candidate,” he said.
“However, if he managed through, we welcome him to an issue-based campaign, though his godfather, in agreement with us, has since declared that he has nothing to offer.”
