The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has endorsed the proposed plan by foreign embassies, prominently the United States of America, to impose visa restrictions on political actors found to have sponsored violence during elections, or involved in acts undermining the electoral process in Nigeria. Ize-Iyamu…
APC Governors Show Massive Support for Ize-Iyamu As He Flags Off Guber Campaign in Benin
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu was upbeat on Saturday following the impressive turnout of governors of the party at the formal flag-off of his campaign at the Sports Complex of the University of Benin, Ugbowo campus. Hitherto, the major opposition…
No Member of Edo House of Assembly Endorsed Ize-Iyamu — Okiye, Factional Speaker Clarifies
Factional leadership of the Edo State House of Assembly has declared that contrary to reports in the media, no member of the House endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. It accused those it called dissident members-elect of impersonating the leadership…
Edo 2020: Afegbua Derides PDP Over Suspension, Says ‘I am Waiting for Expulsion’
Defiant and resolute in his stance to support the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, rather than the candidate of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki, in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, Okpella prince and chieftain of the ruling party in the state, on…
I Won’t Stick my Neck Out for Obaseki, says Lawmaker as he Switiches Loyalty to Ize-Iyamu
Another lawmaker loyal to the state governor, Godwin Obaseki has dumped him and has pledged allegiance to his major challenger, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Emmanuel Agbaje who represents Akoko-Edo II constituency in the state House of Assembly, at a rally in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area, said the current…
Controversy Trails Suspension of Kassim Afegbua by Edo PDP
You Can’t Suspend My Vote – Afegbua Uncertainty trails the touted suspension of Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former commissioner for information in Edo State, by his party. Afegbua, who is a leader of the party in his Okpella village in Etsako East local government area of the state,…
Edo 2020: More Appointees Walk Out on Obaseki, Pledge Support for Ize-Iyamu
More appointees of the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, have walked out on the government to pledge their loyalty to his arch political rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19, 2020 governorship election. The latest are three Commissioners of the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development…
Believers Forum Pledge Support for Ize-Iyamu
A group of pastors and church members in Edo State under the aegis of Believers Forum for Good Governance, BFGG, has pledged its support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19 governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, promising to help him recover the mandate allegedly stolen from him in 2016. Ize-Iyamu,…
Damage Control: Oshiomhole Recants, Regrets Supporting Obaseki against Ize-Iyamu
Apologises to Edo people for his mistakes. Former Edo State governor and immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole returned Saturday night to a tumultuous reception by his Auchi kinsmen and supporters with a promise to join hands with them to reclaim the APC house back to the family. Oshiomhole…
Kogi Indigenes in Edo Pledge 34,000 Block Votes for APC, Ize-Iyamu
Indigenes of Kogi State resident in Edo State have promised to vote en masse for the All Progressives Congress (APC), and its candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Bako Eberedelu Dogwo, President-General, Kogi State Indigenes in Diaspora world-wide, gave this assurance weekend during a press conference in Benin City, Edo State capital. He said the move was in…
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