We’ll win all 24 seats in Edo Assembly – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State said it hoped to won all the 24 available seats in the Edo State House of Assembly.

It said it was well prepared for the House of Assembly elections.

State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Lawrence Okah, who spoke with our reporter, said the party was satisfied with the preparation of INEC.

In Edo Central which is the bastion of the PDP, a chieftain of the APC from the zone, Mr. Victor Eboigbe, told the Nation that the APC would crush the PDP in today’s polls.

Eboigbe said the APC has campaigned and sensitised the people of Edo Central on the need to have 24 APC lawmakers in the assembly.

In the 2015 election, the APC won three out of the five six Assembly seats in Edo Central.

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According to Eboigbe, “We will do very well in Edo Central. We will win all the six seats this time around.”

Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, decried the PDP for expressing fears over voters’ apathy.

Osagie said the PDP was fond of making excuses and spreading lies when electoral defeat awaits it.

According to him, “The state is prepared. Edo people are well energised to perform their civic duties.

“Edo people will come out in their large numbers to vote. Security agencies are there to protect lives and the ballot boxes.”