The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday abandoned its scheduled campaign rally in Etsako-West local government area of Edo State, alleging plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to attack its members in Uzairue, incidentally where the state deputy governor hails from. The PDP consequently shifted its campaign to Owan East local government area.…
Edo 2020: Edo Deputy Governor Alleges Assassination Plot on Key PDP Chieftains
Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, Saturday afternoon cried out over alleged plot by the opposition to assassinate some notable members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the state ahead of the September 19 governorship election. Raising the alarm at a press conference, Shaibu said it became imperative to notify the citizens of…
APC Governors Show Massive Support for Ize-Iyamu As He Flags Off Guber Campaign in Benin
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu was upbeat on Saturday following the impressive turnout of governors of the party at the formal flag-off of his campaign at the Sports Complex of the University of Benin, Ugbowo campus. Hitherto, the major opposition…
Edo 2020: We are Undeterred by Defection of Political Aides – Osagie
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on media and communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has dismissed as inconsequential, the recent defection of political appointees and other members of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement, Osagie said the defection was easily traced to the monetised campaign…
Controversy Trails Suspension of Kassim Afegbua by Edo PDP
You Can’t Suspend My Vote – Afegbua Uncertainty trails the touted suspension of Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former commissioner for information in Edo State, by his party. Afegbua, who is a leader of the party in his Okpella village in Etsako East local government area of the state,…
Don’t Turn Edo into War Zone, Benin Monarch Cautions Politicians
The Palace of the Oba of Benin has cautioned politicians in Edo State not to turn the state into a war zone because of gubernatorial ambition. Recall that suspected thugs loyal to the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and those of the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Edo Guber Dress-Rehearsal: APC, PDP Thugs Clash in Benin
Nobody Can Rig Edo Election – Wike There was pandemonium Saturday afternoon at the city centre of Edo State capital, Benin, when political thugs loyal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state, and the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC had a violent confrontation outside the palace gate of the…
Believers Forum Pledge Support for Ize-Iyamu
A group of pastors and church members in Edo State under the aegis of Believers Forum for Good Governance, BFGG, has pledged its support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19 governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, promising to help him recover the mandate allegedly stolen from him in 2016. Ize-Iyamu,…
Edo Guber Poll: Northern Professionals Canvass Support for Ize-Iyamu
A Group known as the Northern Professionals Platform in Edo State on Thursday canvassed support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Osagie Ize-Iyamu ahead of the September 19 election in the state. A statement signed by the chairman of group, Abdallah Tureta and made available to newsmen in Benin, said “We Northern…
Obahiagbon Accuses Obaseki of Harassing Elected APC Members to Join Him in PDP
Former member of the House of Representatives and the Vice-Chairman, National Campaign Council on Communications and Publicity for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo State Governorship Election, Patrick Obahiagbon, has accused the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, of harassing elected members of the party who refused to join him in the PDP thus making it difficult…