Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared the winner of the Edo State All Progressives Congress governorship primary election. Okpebholo defeated 11 other aspirants to win the re-run election. The APC had replaced the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as the chairman of the Edo State Primary Election Committee. A circular issued by Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, the party’s National Organising Secretary on Wednesday which was obtained by SaharaReporters, named Senator Bassey Otu as the new chairman.
Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti State, has accused the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole of attempting to impose a governorship candidate on other aspirants during the party’s primary election. The allegation was stated in a statement by the Head of the Fayemi Media Office, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, on Thursday, accusing Oshiomhole of being the cause of the controversies surrounding the party’s activities in Edo State lately.
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the immediate-past governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors (NGF), has expressed profound grief over the passing of His Excellency, Rotimi Akerodolu (SAN), the Governor of Ondo State. Fayemi described the late Akeredolu as a nationalist and statesman whose death was a great loss to the country and especially