APC chief, Oyegun breaks silence on choice of candidate for Edo 2020

BENIN, Edo, Nigeria – Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie Oyegun has broken his silence on the 2020 Edo governorship election slated for Saturday, September 19 and his choice of candidate.

In a statement he personally signed, Odigie Oyegun who was a former governor of Edo State said at no time did he issue any statement, verbal or written on the fortune of APC or any other party on the imminent governorship election in Edo State, contrary to what is making the rounds on the social media.

In the matter of who governs Edo State, the people are sovereign and no individual or group, whatever their status, can decide on their behalf. I stand with the people of Edo State and urge them to come out massively to exercise their democratic rights. They should vote for good governance, common decency, principled leadership, especially in the political arena and the protection of their vital democratic rights. They should by their votes make clear that it is their rights to choose their Governor, nobody else! There is no room for fence sitters

“ The said statement which is making rounds on the social media could only have originated from sick minds and desperate persons of criminal minds”, he said, and that his view on the political situation has often been consistent.

“I strongly advised against the mistreatment of Governor Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki by the late unlamented National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC and his subsequent forced exit from the APC. Governor Obaseki stood bravely for the dignity and pride of his people and in the process suffered unacceptable indignities”, he said.

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 As for him, in the matter of who governs Edo State, the people are sovereign and no individual or group, whatever their status, can decide on their behalf. I stand with the people of Edo State and urge them to come out massively to exercise their democratic rights. They should vote for good governance, common decency, principled leadership, especially in the political arena and the protection of their vital democratic rights. They should by their votes make clear that it is their rights to choose their Governor, nobody else! There is no room for fence sitters.

“This is a special situation, and primitive loyalties must be set aside. Remember Mr. President’s ambition in an equally challenging pre-election situation in Imo State, “Vote your conscience”