The Director General of the Asue Ighodalo Campaign, Honourable Matthew Iduoriyekemwen has tasked the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpehello and former governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole over the state of federal roads in the state.
Iduoriyekemwen who spoke at a rally in Ekpoma, lamented the move to impose a governor on the state.
The former member of the Edo State House of Assembly decried the state of federal roads, accusing the two APC senators of being indifferent to the conditions of the road.
“Look at our federal roads in Edo. All the time I used to travel to Abuja it used to take me five to six hours to travel to Abuja from Benin, but now from Auchi to Benin can take you up to nine hours.
“Oshiomhole is a senator, Okpebholo is a senator instead of them diverting their constituency projects to work on the roads, they refused. Now they say that they want the vote of our people.”
On his part, Governor Godwin Obaseki urged the voters to vote for Ighodalo so he could build on the legacy that his administration had laid.
According to Obaseki, a template for the development of the state for the next 30 years has been established and he as such vote for Ighodalo as he is in the best position to sustain the development agenda.
The state PDP chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi also enjoined party supporters not to allow the opportunity of producing the governor slip from them.
Similarly, Ighodalo promised to ensure that the manifesto which he said was prepared based on discussions with stakeholders across the different wards in the state, was fully implemented.
He disclaimed claims by political opponents who he said were using the name of President Bola Tinubu to intimidate voters and state agencies with the intention of rigging the election.
Ighodalo described Tinubu as a democrat who will not use the apparatus of the state to foist partisan political agenda.
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