By Nelson Utip
Dr. Blessing Agbomhere, gubernatorial hopeful of APC extract has warned his party against imposition of candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state as it will lead to the failure of the party in the election.
The aspirant stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City where he alleged that the Prof. Julius Ihonvbere-led screening committee set up by some APC leaders was arm twisted to reduce the number of aspirants from 30 to only one.
Agbomhere claimed that Dennis Idahosa who according to her was indicted in 2015 for fraud by an administrative panel of inquiry set up by Governor Adams Oshiomhole and sacked as Commissioner of Investment, Public/Private Partnership was the Favoured aspirant. She said she would not allow former Edo State Governor now senator, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to make another mistake in choosing the next governor of Edo State as his choice of Godwin Obaseki has spelt doom for APC in the state.
“The disqualification of twenty nine other aspirants and the planned endorsement of Idahosa as sole candidate will lead to a massive crisis in the party in Edo state.
“Edo people are too sophisticated to accept the imposition of a candidate on them and will definitely lose faith in the APC and cast their ballots for other parties in the contest”, Agbomhere said.
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“Edo State parades a good number of men and women who are qualified to govern it. It is wrong, disrespectful and divisive to screen out all these men who have paid their dues to the party and the state only to pave way for a nonentity who can only be remembered for his alleged criminal record.”
“I am deeply grateful to the National Working Committee of our great party which has condemned the clandestine move to destroy the goodwill that the party enjoys in Edo state.
The party leadership should be commended for opening up the space again for all thirty aspirants to sell themselves to the people of Edo state, as it would have been catastrophic if they folded their arms and allow any body toy with the party’s glorious opportunity to reclaim the governorship seat in the state”, Agbomhere added.
