Some top government aides in Edo State have dumped the State
Governor Godwin Obaseki and declared their support for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu,
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming
governorship election.
The aides, including, the Special Assistant to the Assembly
Speaker on Security Matters Hon. Joe Okonigene, and Hon. Aimiolemen Noah
Idemudia, also known as Paddy Noah, the Special Assistant to Ikoba Okha Local
Government, left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with thousands of youths in
the state.
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Prince John
Mayaki, the Chairman Edo State APC Media Campaign Council.
He said the aides and their supporters announced their
resignation from the government on Tuesday at a meeting with Ize-Iyamu.
He said the former government officials led thousands of
their supporters, who are mainly youths under the aegis of Edo Collective, to
Ize-Iyamu’s residence where they declared their support.
Hon. Agomini Babatunde Martins and the President. Barr. Hope
Iyare were the other leaders of the Edo Collective group who were present at
the event, according to him.
The statement added that Ize-Iyamu thanked them for their
support and reiterated his commitment to fulfilling the youth empowerment and
employment creation promise of his manifesto.
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