Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that the party has made life difficult for the people of the state.
The governor stated this on Thursday at his ward meeting at Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, describing APC as a party that is full of lies.
He charged the people of the state to vote against the party in the September 21 governorship election.
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“APC policies caused inflation in Nigeria and the State; they made life difficult for us and as such they will never be near power again. We are almost 16,000 that have collected PVCs in this ward and now through the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise, we have added almost 1,500 more persons,” he said.
“There is no progress in their mouths. They have no campaign strategy but are full of lies. We need to come out as we should to frustrate all their plans. Their ways are not straight.
He accused the APC of gross mismanagement of the nation’s economy by its central government, which has inflicted untold hardship and suffering on Edo people and Nigerians.
Obaseki expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will come out victorious in the forthcoming election, saying his government’s outstanding performance across all sectors of the state’s economy in the last eight years will earn the party its victory in the forthcoming election.
“When I saw your performance on the voters’ registration exercise, I had to commend you for a job well done. I am here to remind you to go and collect your Permanent Voters Card (PVC); it’s ready.
“This election will not be difficult because you have campaigned enough. It’s not my election because when I did my own election, things were not as bad and difficult as they are today. When our people wanted to protest, we appealed to them not to do so because some bad people planned to use the opportunity of the protest to destroy government infrastructure. This election shall be our protest. We shall use the election to tell them that APC as a party is forbidden in Edo State,” he stated.
