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  • RTEAN orders members to vote APC in Edo

    The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria ( RTEAN ) has asked all its members to vote for all candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State.

    National President of RTEAN, Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo, gave the order when he played host to the APC candidate for Ovia Federal Constituency, Mr. Dennis Idahosa.

    Comrade Eriyo said next month’s election is to recognise personalities and performance of the candidates.

    Eriyo explained that his support for Idahosa was because he (Idahosa) has been supportive of the cause of the youths and women in his constituency in particular, and the state in general.

    According to him, “I am not just lending my support to this man, Idahosa because of peculiar motive, but because of the I mpact he has made on the lives of the people of his constituent.

    “Without holding any political position, Idahosa has sank boreholes and electrified communities. He had also at various times, paid tuition fees to indigent students in his community.

    “This is the same man who also shared his monthly salary as a commissioner under Oshiomhole, to empower women in his community.

    “Idahosa has my support just like am aware that he has been getting the same overwhelming support from his people.

    “The people will use this election to reward those who have been with them and who they trust can deliver on their needs when the time arises,” he said.

  • APC candidate hails Osibanjo performance at debate

    Candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Ovia Federal Constituency, Mr. Dennis Idahosa, has hailed performance of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, at the debate organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria.
    Idahosa said Prof. Osibanjo was able to explain to Nigerians how the APC is taking Nigeria out of the doldrums it met it in 2015.
    Speaking in a chat with newsmen after the watching the debate, Idahosa said the debate has won more support for the APC ahead of the election.

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    Idahosa who accused Peter Obi of not offering any solution to questions said the debate has made Nigerians understand the antics of the Peoples Democratic Party.
    According to him, “We have seen from the debate that the PDP has nothing to offer Nigerians except to return the country to the hands of looters.
    “There was no where the PDP Vice Presidential candidate stated the party’s plan for the country but rather reeled out lies about the APC performance.”

  • 2000 PDP supporters joins APC in Edo

    Over 2000 members of the People Democratic Party (PDP), in Okada Ward, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). 
     
    Okada Ward is the hometown of the lawmaker representing Ovia Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Omosede Igbinedion.
    She got the nomination ticket of the PDP to return to the National Assembly.
     
    The defectors, led by one Jamiu Deinde, said they were leaving the PDP because of the inability to access their incumbent lawmaker.
    Jamiu said Omosede who hail from the ward, and a daughter of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, neglected the people that worked
    “We have suffered untold neglect, even as the promises to attract federal presence to the area, have not be met.
    “Biggest of our pain lies in our inability to reach our lawmaker every time we try to, especially against the backdrop of her unfulfilled campaign promises.

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    “With all these and many others, we took the decision to align with the APC and support its candidate for the Ovia Federal Constituency, Dennis Idahosa, whom we have always known for his philanthropic work in the area as well as the state in general,” he stated.
    Receiving the defectors,  leader of the APC in Ovia and APC’s candidate for Ovia, Mr. Dennis Idahosa. commended the defectors for having the courage to move from the opposition party.
    Idahosa urged the former PDP members not to see themselves as new comers, as they would be accorded same rights as the members of the party they met on ground.
    He further urged them demonstrate their commitment to the party by being fully involved in the campaign activities for the 2019 general elections.
    According to him, “It’s not just to join the party but remain committed to its  course. You have come to join us to enjoy the dividends of democracy and that is what you will get.
    “You are not going to be treated as a new comer or an outside, our party is not like the one (PDP) where monkey dey work bamboo they chop.
    “Just as you have come to join us, we will also be committed to your course, and together, we will sail and produce sometime great.”

  • Edo Accord pledges support for APC

    A sócio-political group, the Edo Accord, has pledged its support for the All Progressives Congress in Edo State for the 2019 general elections.

    It said its support for the APC in Edo stemmed from the party’s ability to give room for young people to aspire to greatness.

    Vice Chairman of the Edo Accord, Mr. Flyn Imariagbe, spoke when the group paid a solidarity visit to candidate of the APC for the Ovia Federal constituency seat, Mr. Dennis Idahosa.

    Flyn said the group was sure of victory for Idahosa in Ovia despite his rival, Omosede, being the incumbent lawmaker and daughter of Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Bénin Kingdom.

    He stated that Idahosa paid his entire salaries as Commissioner in Oshiomhole’s cabinet to youths in various communities to enable them go to school.

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    According to him, “Idahosa has proven to be a man with a large heart. Until the emergence of the APC, there was no hope for young men. But APC brought out gift of young men like Idahosa. The gift of open hands.

    “He wants others to profit from the available resources of the country. His contesting with an incumbent lawmaker in the opposition does not matter. What matters is the credibility and ability to perform.

    “The incumbent has been tested and known to fail. There is no evidence to show that we got what we expected from a representative. As a Commissioner, he paid his salaries to youths in various communities to ensure they go to school. We are sure of victory for Idahosa.

    “The Idahosa we know was not born with a silver spoon. He trekked the street of Iguobazuwa and today he has succeeded. Democracy is not about my father is rich or my father was a Governor. If the people rally round you, you are bound to succeed. That is not a problem. What matter is the vote of the people that counts.”