Nine political groups in Edo State unanimously folded into the All Progressives Congress (APC), increasing the party’s prospects of winning the governorship on Saturday, 21st September.
On behalf of the Assembly of Registered Political Parties in Edo State, Sam Arase, the Chairman of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) chapter in Edo State, declared that the parties support and are confident in the election of the APC candidate.
The National Rescue Movement (NRM), Accord (A), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Peoples Party (APP), and Social Democratic Party of Nigeria (SDP) are among the parties.
The parties call for an election free from violence and exhort Edo residents to cast their ballots for the APC in large numbers.
The parties mandated their members to work towards the enthronement of the APC candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as the next governor of Edo State.
Seventeen parties are vying for the Edo State governorship, scheduled for Saturday, September 21, 2014, with a winner expected to emerge after voting procedures.
Okpebholo and other governorship candidates in the state would be hoping to succeed the outgoing Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, who supports the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo.
