The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in the forthcoming Edo State Governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo has congratulated the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) Senator Monday Okpebholo and Barrister Olumide Akpata on their emergence as flag bearers for their respective Parties; urging them to join him in a commitment to focus on issue-based campaigns ahead of the 2023 Governorship election.
Dr. Ighodalo expressed his firm belief that Edo’s strength was the unity of her people, and he appealed to all candidates to refrain from campaigning with messages that promote division and disunity.
He recalls the February 2023 general elections which saw a level of hate and insult masked as political sloganeering that took the nation to the brink.
The PDP governorship candidate said his team will continue to campaign to the people of Edo State in language and behaviour that seeks to unite rather than divide.
The former CHAIRMAN of Sterling Bank PLC said he would stay focused on the issues that matter to Edo people; and there would be no descent into abuse, ethnic-baiting, and name-calling.
Dr. Ighodalo, who expressed concern over the level of economic hardship people are going through said he and his team of young professionals and politicians have identified a pathway to the lifting of millions of citizens into prosperity.
Dr. Ighodalo emerged as the winner of the PDP Governorship primaries conducted at the lawn tennis court inside the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium sports complex, on Thursday the 22nd of February, 2024.