Edo Gov. Express Confidence In APC’s Candidate

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress will win big in the upcoming by-elections in the state.

This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua.

The governor was said to have made the declaration while receiving defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party at Okada, the administrative headquarters of Ovia North-East Local Government Area, on Sunday.

Okpebholo restated his administration’s commitment to the people of Edo State and its indigenous roots, which he said is the reason he must do his best for the people.

He said, “This administration is working for Edo because we are confirmed sons of the soil. We are not foreigners. We were not borrowed from somewhere else.

“My mother is an Esan woman. My father is an Esan man. I grew up there. My deputy, the same Edo. So, if we are from here, we must work for our people.

“That is why you see us move from executing one project to another. We do not wait until the election period before we roll out projects. We do not believe that we can develop in that manner.”