How I Made Okpebholo Edo Governor – Wike Opens Up
- Nyesom Wike said he worked with All Progressives Congress members to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State’s 2024 governorship election.
- Wike said the alliance aimed to prevent former Governor Godwin Obaseki from choosing his successor.
- All Progressives Congress candidate Monday Okpebholo won with 291,667 votes, ahead of Peoples Democratic Party candidate Asue Ighodalo with 247,274 and Labour Party candidate Olumide Akpata with 22,763.
- At a Rainbow Coalition meeting, stakeholders backed Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid and All Progressives Congress legislative candidates.
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Wike admits working with APC to defeat PDP in 2024 Edo governorship election
The FCT minister’s admission echoes his disclosure about how the G-5 governors worked against Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, including in Edo and Cross River states.
Edo: I stopped Ighodalo from becoming governor to prevent Obaseki choosing a successor – Wike
“He came to my house more than three times. I said, ‘Listen, you’re a good candidate, but for this election, I’m sorry, because this election is between us and the man who is bringing you, called Obaseki, ungrateful person, so returning you is like bringing him back, so I’m sorry. You have to fail,’ and he failed,” Wike said.
How I made Okpebholo Edo governor – Wike opens up
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, said his Rainbow Coalition helped Monday Okpebholo win the 2024 Edo State governorship election. Wike made this revelation on Monday in Abuja during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Rainbow Coalition. He said he helped Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Dr Asue […] How I made Okpebholo Edo governor – Wike opens up
Edo 2024 Governorship Poll: I Made Sure PDP’s Asue Ighodalo Lost
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has admitted that he worked against Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2024 Edo governorship election, because he did not want former Governor Godwin Obaseki to produce his successor. Wike made the revelation on Monday at a stakeholders’ meeting of the […]
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