The National leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will be a walk in the park for its candidates, maintaining that the party would defeat other political parties that will contest the election
Also, the National Working Committee of the party accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State of misgovernance, asking Governor Ademola Adeleke to start preparing handover notes ahead of the 2026 governorship election.
Addressing journalists on the state of the nation yesterday in Osogbo, the National Secretary of APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru explained that the party already had the advantage of incumbency in Ondo and coupled with the performance of the present administration, the party would retain reigns of governance.
Describing the PDP as a “dying political party”, the scribe of the governing party said the September 21 governorship election in Edo would favour APC because it is already gaining ground in the state.
He said: “Our gubernatorial candidate in Edo State was a PDP member but he came to our party and for the first time, our party won senatorial seats in the same senatorial district that Tony Anenih came from and in the last National Assembly election, our party won two of the three senatorial seats. The third senatorial seat was won by the Labour Party, which shows that our party is a party to beat in Edo State.
“We are confident that we are going to send Godwin Obaseiki and his tea drinking politicians out of Government House by the grace of God in the September 21 election.”
Basiru further stated that: “Ondo State is a one party state, it is a state of our party. So, the struggle is actually about getting the APC ticket. The moment a candidate gets the APC ticket, we are home and this is not a boastful venture, go check the House of Assembly result, National Assembly election results, and just like we did with Edo State, we are going to manage whatever crisis that will come out of the selection process in a very mature and cordial manner.
“And to this, we must give kudos to the leadership role being played by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in giving moral authority to ensure that whatever crisis brew up within the party, he tries to nip in the bud.”
He added: “People thought we were already in for Armageddon in Edo State but within a week, we were able to resolve the matter amicably. For me, PDP is a dying political party in Nigeria.”
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