Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has pledged commitment to the campaigns of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a view to ensuring victory for the party.
This was just as the governor described the state as the “home of PDP,” adding that “by the grace of God, PDP will rescue this great country; Atiku (PDP presidential candidate) is coming to salvage the country.”
Obaseki, who said this during the official inauguration of the PDP campaign council in Benin City on Friday, said governance “will henceforth no longer be given priority.”
“PDP is one in Edo, no division. Every other party is an appendage. Edo PDP is not in contention. The election is hand-to-hand combat. We have done it before during the governorship election. We will do it again,” he said.
Earlier, the state chairman of the party, Tony Aziegbemi, while inaugurating the campaign council, urged members to be committed to the campaign with a view to winning the election.
In a related development, the state government has said it had uncovered plans by mischief makers to disrupt the presidential campaign rally of the PDP scheduled to be held in the state on Saturday.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, in a statement warned that the government would bring the full weight of the law upon “any individual involved in the reprehensible act.”
“These individuals who are clearly intimidated by the momentum of the large and organic following that the PDP
enjoys in the state, had, at a meeting, made plans to cause chaos and discredit the rally,” the statement read in part.
