THE campaign train of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stormed Edo Central and Edo North senatorial districts where it appealed to the people to vote for the party and the candidate to remove the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In Edo Central, the campaign rally held at Uromi, Esan North East local government area where the APC Candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo appealed to the people of Esanland to support and vote for him on the election day declaring that the APC has solutions to the problems of the people.

The APC governorship candidate lamented that the current debt profile of the state which he said was running over N573 billion from the inherited N43 billion.
He also alleged that the high level corruption in the Obaseki-led government was unprecedented.

Okpebholo called on the people of the state not to allow the looting of public funds to continue with Obaseki’s third-term agenda through his godson, Asue Ighodalo.
“In Edo state, do you know the debt profile of the state at the moment is over N573 billion. That is what the Edo state government is owing now.

“During Adams Oshiomhole period, monthly allocation from the Federation Account was between N3.1 billion and N3.3 billion but today the allocation is between N11.1 billion and the Edo State Government has nothing to show for it.
The APC governorship hopeful, also urged the electorate to use their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to punish the PDP and its candidate, saying ,”On September 21, 2024, it is just about a month from now, we will punish them with our votes. “Okpebholo said.

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Also speaking at the rally, former governorship candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu said the rally signals good things to come and the end of the PDP in the state and the government of Obaseki.
According to him, the Obaseki administration in which Asue Ighodalo was the Economic Adviser has plunged the state into debt.

According to him, Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma is poorly funded as against when Adams Oshiomhole was governor.
On his part, former governor of Edo State and Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole said he believes in Monday Okpebholo as a good candidate that will listen to the yearning of the people.

Oshiomhole said he is happy supporting Okpebholo because he has seen what he can do as a colleague and senator.
In Auchi, headquarter of Edo North senatorial district, The Minister for Nigeria Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Abubakar Momoh asked Edo people to hold Governor Godwin Obaseki responsible for allegedly hoarding the palliative rice from the federal government meant for the poor in the state.
He accused Obaseki of keeping the rice and re-bagging it with a label of the Edo state government and a picture of Asue Ighodalo.

On his part, Okpebholo promised to create over 5000 jobs for the youths in the state within the first hundred days in office.
According to him, development will start from where former governor Adams Oshiomhole stopped.

Okpebholo promised to create a peaceful environment in the state as kidnapping and other various vices will go with the Obaseki-led government.
Oshiomhole in his remarks said Governor Godwin Obaseki brought a man who forged voters card to contest for governor.

“PDP as a party has no candidate as we talk, the federal high court Abuja has said so. The process that brought Asue Ighodalo in the primaries was also faulted by the federal high court in Abuja, so don’t go and waste your vote for PDP.”
According to him, the Edo State government led by Obaseki deceived the World Bank to collect money for EdoBEST, but there is nothing to show for it.
“The World Bank may have been used to collect money, Edo People will not pay, we must tell Obaseki to show where he used the money.”