Edo SSG, Osarodion Ogie, Quits To Contest Deputy Guber Ticket

Secretary to Edo State Government (SSG) Mr. Osarodion Ogie has resigned his position to pursue a vie for the deputy governorship seat.

Ogie who tendered his resignation on Friday has been nominated as running mate to the PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, in the September 21 election.

He said his resignation was in tandem with the Electoral Law which requires political appointees to resign 30 days before an election.

“It is in fulfilment of this requirement that I had to resign to face my deputy governorship ambition in the forthcoming election,” he said.

Reacting, the publisher of Midwest Herald, Orobosa Omo-Ojo, described Ogie as a colossus in Edo State politics.

Omo-Ojo who was in the cabinet class of 2012 with Ogie under the administration of Adams Oshiomohle, said, “Politics would not be in such perilous state if more players followed Ogie wise, but ruthlessly pragmatic approach to it.”

Brother of former Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Taiwo Francis Akerele, Kehinde Ozeto Akerele while congratulating Ogie, described him as a great man who has always operated an open door policy both in the office and at home.