Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for the September 21 governorship election would deliver 80 percent of the votes to the candidate of the party, Asue Ighodalo.
Obaseki who gave the assurance at the official inauguration of the campaign council in Benin, said the party has the best candidate that would continue from where his administration would stop.
He noted that the structure of the council was rooted in all the 192 wards across the state, adding that every organ of the party was captured.
“Today, we are here to inaugurate the campaign council that will lead PDP to victory in the September 21 governorship election.
“The campaign is going to be based on what we have achieved and the lives we have touched. The campaign will also be based on the future not the past.
“We see the suffering the people are going through, so the campaign will be based on the hope PDP will give our citizens.
“Those fighting PDP have collected money from the other political party and I want you all present here to join me flush them out. Let them stay out since they have collected money,” Obaseki alleged.
He, however, charged members of the committee to work assiduously for the victory of Ighodalo.
Earlier, Edo PDP chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, disclosed that the council comprised 363 members, excluding the women and youth wings.
In his acceptance speech, the Director-General of the council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, thanked the governor and PDP faithful for the opportunity to serve the party.
Iduoriyekemwen promised to lead the party to victory at the poll.
In his remarks, PDP candidate, Ighodalo, who thanked party faithful and leaders for the confidence reposed in him, said Obaseki had laid a functional foundation at every sector that he would build upon.
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