The Former Speaker, Edo House of Assembly, Kabiru Adjoto has congratulated the Edo Governor-Elect, Sen. Monday Okpebholo saying the victory was well deserved having worked hard for it.
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC)had declared Okpebholo winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 247,274 votes while Labour Party (LP)’s candidate, Bar. Olumide Akpata, got 22,763 votes.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), in reaction to PDP’s defeat in an interview in Benin, Adjoto said Edo people were tired of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state.
He said “the people of Edo have spoken through the ballot because they were tired of the current government.
” It has been a government of one person, for one person, and by one person. So the people were tired. Forget about the Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) and others they have been talking about
“I was once part of the government and I know that they don’t mean well for the people and Edo people decided to change them. Its a good omen for the state, ” Adjoto said.
The former Speaker stated that Okpebholo was a man that would deliver the dividend of democray to the people.
He added that Edo would experienced development in road construction, education, employment and human capital development, among others, under his leadership .
According to him, Okpebholo has been tested, we trust that he is not a betrayal.
” As a former speaker and a major stakeholder in the state, am happy and the people of Akoko-Edo are very happy
“It may interest you to know that the highest votes cast came from Akoko-Edo because we know that the governor-elect will bring development to us.
” It calls for celebration and we are celebrating in Akoko-Edo, ” Adjoto added.
Also, a Chieftain of the PDP, Aslem Ojezua, called on governor Godwin Obaseki to take responsibility for the party’s defeat.
Ojezua said he was not surprised about the result of the election, adding that every problem in PDP was traceable to the governor and nobody else.
“There is nothing surprising about the the results of the governorship election.
” When a party is engulfed in crisis, factionalised and the leadership is engrossed in disharmony with members, and go to battle with divided house, what you get, is failure, ” he said.
According to him, all the major stakeholders and leaders in the party left and join other parties.
On his part, Orobosa Omo-Ojo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, said the election of Okpebholo reflected the desires of Edo people to take back their state .(NAN)
