Atiku begs Shaibu, others to accept Ighodalo as Edo PDP guber candidate

 

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed the choice of Asue Ighodalo as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo election slated for September 21 this year.  

Atiku, the candidate of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, also appealed to other gladiators in Edo to close ranks and accept Ighodalo as the party’s flag bearer in the election. 

Deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has been laying claim to the governorship ticket  of the PDP in Edo on the ground that the bonafide delegates in the primary of the party voted for him. 

Shaibu warned that if the PDP doesn’t recognise him as their candidate, it would lose the election.   

But Atiku, in a statement on his X handle, said the PDP made the best decision in choosing Ighodalo as the party’s flagbearer. 

He also appealed to those aggrieved as a result of the primary to sheath their sword and embrace Ighodalo. 

The former vice president’s  statement reads: “The election of a thoroughbred technocrat by the PDP as the party’s candidate in Edo State signposts the urgency that the PDP gives to ensuring that the next governor of Edo State is a round peg in a round hole.

“The PDP leadership and members in Edo State must be congratulated also, for an amazing primary election that produced the quality of candidate to fly the flag of our party in the upcoming election.

“The party has made a choice, and it is not in dispute that the choice is a good one.

“It is, therefore, on this note that I plead with all other aspirants and aggrieved stakeholders to reconcile and negotiate to make sure that Edo remains a PDP state.

“Dr @Aighodalo, apart from being a brilliant mind, in whose hands the affairs of Edo State will steer on stable waters, is also a fine gentleman.

“I believe that our candidate has what it takes to bring everyone willing to work for the interest of the PDP under the huge umbrella of our party.”