Edo Poll: APC In Italy Backs Okpebholo, Idahosa

Ahead of  the September 21 Edo State governorship election, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Italy said Senator Monday Okpebholo and Hon Dennis Idahosa, as APC candidate and running mate respectively, present a sure path to victory for the party.

The APC chairman in Italy, Pastor Mike Oputteh, who stated this added that Edo indigenes in Europe have been mobilised to support the return of an APC government in Edo State to change the negative narratives and lacklustre administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Oputteh said this when party faithful hosted the Edo State APC acting chairman, Jarret Tenebe, who was in Rome, Italy on a spiritual visit. 

A statement by Oputteh, who doubles as the welfare officer of National Union of Nigerians Association in Italy, (NUNAI), commended President Bola Tinubu for his fatherly intervention over the impasse that trailed the APC governorship primary. 

He said the interest of the party is sacrosanct in ensuring a formidable and united APC into the governorship election.

He said Edo State cannot afford to have another stranger at the helm of affairs, a situation he pointed out has set the state in auto-reverse adding that the APC government will correct the mal-administration of the PDP.

“We are excited to have received the Edo State APC Acting Chairman Jarret Tenebe who was in Italy for a short visit and assured us that the incoming APC government come September, 21, 2024 will usher in fresh breath in all the sectors of the state economy. We, in the diaspora, are ready to support the candidate until victory is achieved.”

Jarrret at the meeting with APC in diaspora was said to have assured Edo citizens in Italy that the incoming APC administration will tackle seriously the insecurity in the state and encourage them to support development at home.