Senator Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, has condemned the planned nationwide hunger protest by some people, describing the planned action as unnecessary.
The Esan-born senator called on the people to shelve their plans and give the president, Bola Tinubu, time to fix the economy for the overall benefit of all, noting that the president has only spent one year in office.
He stated this on Tuesday during an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Edo State.
The guber hopeful, however, stated that any protest in Edo State would aid the exit of the People Democratic Party (PDP)-led government because, according to him, Governor Godwin Obaseki has not provided good governance in the past seven years.
The senator urged Edo residents to vote for his candidature at the poll and pledged to prioritise education, healthcare, and security infrastructure in his first 100 days if he emerged victorious.
Continuing, Okpebholo also took a swipe at the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, alleging that the latter isolated himself from his people until recently, when he indicated interest in contesting the election.
According to him, “I never knew Obaseki’s godson, Asue, who claimed to have come from my Senatorial District (Edo Central).
“I only got to know of him when someone drew my attention to the fact that a bank chairman donated $100,000 to Esan Security Architecture.
“I raised the bar of the donations and even donated vehicles for the local vigilantes when I discovered that what was donated was not enough. So, find out where these people have been,” he added.
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