AbaCityBlog
Sunday, July 27, 2025
  • Login
  • HOME
  • Student Guides
  • Scholarships
  • Travel
  • Tech
  • Business
  • Make Money Online
  • Gadgets
  • DIY
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • Student Guides
  • Scholarships
  • Travel
  • Tech
  • Business
  • Make Money Online
  • Gadgets
  • DIY
No Result
View All Result
AbaCityBlog
No Result
View All Result

Edo Election: Obaseki’s chances to win is very high – APC Chieftain

September 17, 2020
in Nigeria News

Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information and one of the na­tional leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Wednesday that Governor Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stand a good chance to win this weekend’s gov­ernorship election in Edo State.

Momoh, former national chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), while speaking with Independent.ng said the APC must work very hard if it must win the election.

Momoh who said he wanted his party, the APC, to win, however, said Governor Obase­ki was on solid ground and it would be foolhardy for any serious politician to dismiss him in Saturday’s election.

While saying nobody could predict the outcome of the election, he, however, added that he also expected Ize-Iyamu to emerge victorious, given the fact that he is a grassroots politician who has a large follower­ship in the state.

He said; “I won’t be surprised if any of the party wins. If INEC declares Obaseki the winner, I won’t be shocked, because both candidates are solid on the ground.

“You cannot say that Obaseki is not solid on the ground. He is very solid and also Ize-Iyamu cannot be written off, too.

“He is also very solid on the ground. So, we have to wait until after the election to know the winner. The only thing I’m praying for is that there should be no violence.

“Initially, I said APC will overrun Edo State; that was before Ize-Iyamu joined us.

“When he joined us, I said with his exit from the PDP, it would be a total vic­tory for the APC and total elimination for the PDP. Then, we had a problem and Obaseki left and joined the PDP.

“Then I said, with Obase­ki joining the PDP, there will be problems for APC because he won’t go alone.

“He will move his struc­tures out of the APC to the PDP. Some people criticised me when I said so, but we all saw what happened.

“I also said the Edo gov­ernorship election will no longer be a tea party for the APC. It will be a very tough battle.

“The APC must work hard if they will defeat the PDP. I said so, having looked at the situation on the ground.

“The PDP has two sena­tors, the APC has only one. Out of the nine House of Reps members, APC has three, the rest are in the PDP.

“In the presidential elec­tion, the APC had 46 per­cent, the PDP had 54. So, I don’t write off anybody at all.

“We must work very hard but my own consolation has been and still is the fact that Ize-Iyamu is a grassroots politician in Edo State.

“Everybody knows him in Edo and he has massive support at the grassroots level.

“But Obaseki is the incumbent and he has lots of support among the institutions, such as traders, teachers, pensioners, who all have endorsed him.

“These organised bodies are not people you just dismiss like that.”

Tags: APCEdo Governorship ElectionEdo StateGovernor Godwin ObasekiPastor Osagie Ize-IyamuPDP
Next Post

Warning: Undefined array key "jnews-75x75" in /home/abacsskt/public_html/wp-content/themes/jnews/class/Image/Image.php on line 114

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/abacsskt/public_html/wp-content/themes/jnews/class/Image/ImageLazyLoad.php on line 105
Orji Kalu

Senator Orji Kalu Felicitates With Bamanga Tukur At 85


Warning: Undefined array key "jnews-75x75" in /home/abacsskt/public_html/wp-content/themes/jnews/class/Image/Image.php on line 114

Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/abacsskt/public_html/wp-content/themes/jnews/class/Image/ImageLazyLoad.php on line 105
Nigeria has never been united. It didn’t start under Buhari - Femi Adesina

Nigeria has never been united. It didn’t start under Buhari - Femi Adesina

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • About us
  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Call us: +2347038111972

© 2023 Abacity Blog Media

Social icon element need JNews Essential plugin to be activated.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • Aba News
  • #OffBeat

© 2023 Abacity Blog Media