Edo Deputy Governor, Dr
Pius Odubu, on Saturday
said Gov. Adams Oshiomhole
had rated him as the best
candidate for the Sept. 10
gubernatorial election in the
state.
Odubu, an aspirant to the
governorship position on the
All Progressives Congress
(APC), made the claim at a
reception organised for him
by his team of supporters in
Benin.
He said that he had
understudied the governor
since their assumption of
office more than seven
years ago, and that th3e
governor had groomed him
for the number one seat.
“I have been in school; I
have been in Oshiomhole’s
school of governance and
he, himself, has rated me as
the best.
“We need a governor that
will hit the ground running.
We need a governor that is
game-ready and not one with
potential.
“We will bring to bear, all
that the governor has taught
us, and our expertise. We
will do the greatest good to
the greatest number of the
people within the shortest
time possible when we get
there.
“By His grace, I know and I
believe that I am the man
that will take over from the
governor,’’ Odubu said.
He urged APC’s delegates for
the June 18 primaries of the
party not to be coerced into
voting against their
preferred aspirant,
stressing that they must
freely choose who would
govern them.
On alleged massive buying of
Permanent Voters Cards
(PVC’s) by a particular
aspirant, he advised that
voters must protect their
PVCs.
He said, “my good people of
Edo, I hear they are
collecting your PVCs; please,
your PVC is your property, it
is your right, don’t sell it,
don’t mortgage your future.
“You have to freely choose
the man or woman that you
want. You must choose who
will govern Edo of your own
free volition,’’ the aspirant
said.
He announced that he had
been cleared for the
primaries by the party’s
screening committee and
appealed to his supporters
to remain steadfast and
conduct themselves
peacefully before, during and
exercise. (NAN)