Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, has picked his running mate for the upcoming election.
Anaedoonline.com reports that Ize-Iyamu picked Hon. Gani Audu, a former Chairman of Etsako West Local Government.
Audu is also a member representing Etsako West constituency 2 in the state House of Assembly.
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Recall that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had ratified the governorship primary in Edo State which produced Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as its governorship candidate.
However, Governor Godwin Obaseki has picked his Deputy, Philip Shaibu as his running mate for the Edo Governorship election scheduled for September 19, 2020.
He confirmed this while receiving his certificate of return and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag at the National Headquarters of the party.
Obaseki who described his emergence as the PDP governorship candidate as a miracle, adding that “you don’t change a winning team”.
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The Edo governor said: “My emergence as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the just concluded primary election is just the hand of God. It is miraculous. I and my deputy are grateful to this great party.
“In hours of tribulation in our political storm, PDP gave us a huge umbrella. This ought to be our first party because of the values of justice, fairness. We found out that transparency and quality of governance reign in this party.”
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