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Support Edo Central for your successor, group tells Obaseki

By Michael Egbejule, Benin City
24 April 2023   |   4:53 am
A socio-political group, Esan New Era (ENE), yesterday, proposed that major political parties in Edo State should zone their 2024 governorship tickets to Edo Central in the overall well being and development of the state.

Obaseki. Photo/facebook/godwinobasekiofficial

A socio-political group, Esan New Era (ENE), yesterday, proposed that major political parties in Edo State should zone their 2024 governorship tickets to Edo Central in the overall well being and development of the state.

It also called on the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, to back the call as part of efforts to ensure equity, fairness and justice for peaceful co-existence in the state.

Addressing journalists in Benin City during a maiden press briefing, General Secretary, ENE, Pastor Christopher Onoye, and Executive Organising Secretary, Valentine Uduebor, appealed to major political parties to promote Esan candidacy by zoning the governorship  tickets to Edo Central Senatorial District.

Onoye said the demand for Edo Central to produce the next governor of the state is borne of the desire to ensure fairness, justice and, particularly, rotation of power within the three senatorial districts of the state.

He said: “We are here today to remind our brothers and sisters from Edo South and Edo North that we are all children of the same parents in the state, with equal rights to the heritage of our parents. We are here to remind them that when their son, Lucky Igbinedion, held political powers in the state, Edo Central lent their support.

“We are here to remind our them that we supported their son, Adams Oshiomhole. We want to remind Governor Obaseki that during his political turmoil, we, the people of Edo Central, accepted him as our own brother, though from Edo South, to continue and complete his second term.

“It is in light of these that we are appealing to major political parties in Edo to zone their 2024 governorship tickets to Edo Central.

“We have people with integrity, intellect and capacity to move our state forward as governor.”

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