Edo 2016: Vote APC Or You Are Doomed, Monarch Tells Subjects

The Iyase of Udo kingdom, Patrick Igbinidu, on Tuesday placed curse on his subjects who fails to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Godwin Obaseki, in the September 10 governorship poll in Edo.

The monarch placed this curse when he received Obaseki and members of his campaign team at the palace, in Udo, near Benin, in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Benin.

According to the monarch, “The ancestors of the land await those who will vote against the governorship candidate of the APC, Mr Godwin Obaseki.

“You all have seen it, this is who the Udo people should support, who said he won’t vote for him, he should wait for the ancestors. The entire Udo kingdom should vote for him and anyone who gives his votes to another person is on his own.

“You all should support him because he is the person who Oshiomhole, our benefactor, have chosen to succeed him.”

Igbinidu said his position development strides of the incumbent Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, especially as regards the dualisation of the road leading to the kingdom, Siloko road.

It will be recalled that the same monarch, had told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, that the kingdom awaits right person who will help the Oba develope the land, when he (Ize-Iyamu) visited him during a campaign rally in the area.

While addressing the rally, Mr Godwin Aidenomo, a leader of the party in Udo,said Oshiomhole’s government ended the people years of suffering by contracting the Siloko road.

He urged the people to vote against people who believe in sharing the common wealth of the people against development.

On his part, the governorship candidate, Mr Godwin Obaseki said he will continue with the developmental strides of the current government, which he said, he has been part of since 2008.

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