I will not succumb to blackmail, says Edo PDP House of Assembly candidate

IN what promises to be an interesting election into the Etsako 1 constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Dada Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has vowed not to succumb to blackmail being orchestrated by incumbent Alhaji Gani Audu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Abubakar who spoke at Auchi yesterday while addressing thousands of supporters following his re-affirmation as the PDP candidate in the 2019 election faulted claim by Audu that Auchi cannot lay claim to the House of Assembly seat
having produced the Local Government Council Chairman and a serving state Commissioner.

According to Abubakar, who ran against the incumbent in the 2015 election, it is ridiculous that instead of the lawmaker to showcase his achievements in office, he was busy blackmailing Auchi people whose overwhelming support gave him the legislative seat with illogical facts.

Continuing, the main challenger noted that with Auchi numerical voting strength of about 43,000 registered voters, she can afford to rotate the legislative seat among the four wards in the community but in the spirit of fairness and justice, she opted to support the zoning arrangement along with the other three wards with combined voting strength of 23,000.

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Abubakar fumed: “Auchi community willingly supported the Agbede Community, which constitutes a ward in the constituency consistently to win the House of Assembly elections for 8 years. Auchi is now urging the incumbent to drop a third term ambition for the ward in the spirit of the gentleman zoning arrangement.”

The PDP candidate promised that if elected, apart from legislative functions, he will concentrate on youth empowerment with special emphasis on widows and orphans using the social responsibility windows of United Nations agencies, federal government agencies and non-governmental organizations.