A former governor of Edo State, Prof. Oserhemen A. Osunbor, has asked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and the National Working Committee (NWC) members to be wary of mistakes that pushed the party out of power in the state in 2020.

Osunbor made the appeal on Thursday during an interview with newsmen at the APC national secretariat in Abuja, shortly after obtaining his expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the party’s ticket ahead of the September 21 governorship election in the state.

He urged the top echelon of the APC to conduct proper primaries, devoid of undue influence and manipulations.

Why I join gov’ship race – Shaibu

Meanwhile, the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has said he is contesting the state’s governorship to prevent some people from “hijacking the state”.

He stated this yesterday while addressing party leaders and stakeholders at the party headquarters after the submission of his nomination form to contest the Edo governorship election.

Shaibu said, “I am contesting for governor today, not because Philip Shaibu has inordinate ambition but my ambition is to save Edo State from businessmen that now want to take over the state. We have already dealt with the issue of godfatherism but it is rearing its ugly head again.”

[DailyTrust]