Okpebholo can't ship 2.5 million votes for Tinubu if Edo APC stays divided – Party chieftain

DAILY POST studies that Idahagbon, a former two-time commissioner within the administrations of Lucky Igbinedion and Adams Oshiomhole, described the two.5 million-vote goal as a tall dream if aggrieved celebration members are usually not reconciled.

Idahagbon, who’s the present commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo states on the Federal Civil Service Commission, said this in an interview with newsmen in Benin City.

“There are many political leaders in the state who feel alienated by the government. Some have been in politics for years, have contested elections and have credibility with the people.

“As the chief of the celebration within the state, the governor ought to deliver all people collectively. He ought to unite all of the forces and put them collectively to work in the direction of a standard aim. At the top of the day, the glory can be his.

“I recall that during the inauguration of the presidential campaign council, Wike said that if you are in the campaign council and you don’t win your state for the President, don’t celebrate and say we have won.

“I’m certain the governor is conscious that many political leaders really feel sidelined by the federal government due to the affect of some sycophants.

“Politics is a game of numbers. The more people you bring together, the merrier. There are people who will vote for the party because of the governor. There are others who will vote because of me, and there are those who will vote because of other political leaders.

“The governor ought to deliver all these individuals collectively. That is how the celebration can obtain its goal of two.5 million votes. No matter how fashionable you might be, you can’t produce 2.5 million votes alone.

“When Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was governor, he used to campaign by telling people that every market woman had one vote, every individual had only one vote. Everybody has just one vote on election day. The governor must therefore bring people together and strengthen the party at the grassroots.”

Idahagbon, a former chairman of Egor Local Government Council, mentioned that as a member of the celebration and a former candidate who had participated in elections performed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, he thought of it his accountability to advise the governor on how finest to safe electoral victory.

He, nevertheless, counseled the governor for his developmental strides however urged him to extend the tempo of improvement and intensify efforts, noting that the individuals, like Oliver Twist, would all the time ask for extra.

“Former Governor Godwin Obaseki made promises to the people but failed to fulfil them. He spent eight years in office without delivering on the promises he made.

“The governor ought to perceive that reaching 2.5 million votes requires greater than political mobilisation. He should first strengthen the celebration and be sure that the individuals really feel the impression of his administration.

“Edo is my state, and the APC is my party. I pray that we will be able to mobilise our people to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu in 2027. That is why I am in town, to contribute my own effort to the mobilisation process.

“You can see that, for the previous 4 weeks, the governor has been traversing the state, mobilising celebration trustworthy. Let us hope that we can obtain the goal,” he added.