BREAKING: President Buhari arrives in Edo for APC mega rally (Photo)
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Benin City, Edo state capital to campaign for All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of state governorship election.
Bashir Ahmad, presidential media aide on the new media, reports that Buhari’s aircraft landed at 10:20 am.
President Buhari is expected to visit the Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, Eheneden Erediauwao, before attending the mega rally.
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The rally is to hold at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the Edo state capital.
Reacting to the president's visit, Oshiomhole said: “Today is my happiest day. I am standing here not as an orphan. For seven and half years, I was standing alone. But today my brothers and our papa are here. Why should I not be proud?”
Nineteen candidates are contesting the September 10, 2016 governorship poll in the state, but from all indications, only five are actively involved in the campaigns.
The two key candidates are: Mr Godwin Obaskei from the APC and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It is considered that the poll would be won on the basis of performance. Based on this, the APC would depend on what it achieved during its eight-year government in the state, while the PDP would hope on promises.
The PDP ruled the state for 10 years before the incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole took over the state under the platform of the former Action Congress of Nigeria before taking the state to the APC.
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Oshiomhole, one of the close allies of President Buhari, is described by his supporters as a grass root politician and an unbelievable mobilizer who cannot be easily dislodged by the opposition.
Source: Legit.ng
