BREAKING: APC Picks Idahosa As Deputy Governorship Candidate for Edo Election

• Hon. Dennis Idahosa has emerged as the deputy governorship candidate for the APC in Edo election
• Idahosa was selected and unveiled after a meeting attended by Vice President Shettima, APC chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, Monday Okpebholo, the party's flagbearer and other party chieftains
• Idahosa is to replace Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, who was earlier announced by Okpebholo, as his running mate

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally settled for Hon. Dennis Idahosa as its deputy governorship candidate in the September 21 Edo governorship election.

The APC national chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and national secretary, Sen. Ajibola Bashiru, are to present Senator Monday Okpebholo, the party’s flagbearer and his running mate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Villa on Monday, March 18.

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Idahosa is to replace Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, who was announced by the governorship candidate last week as his running mate.

As reported by The Nation, Idahosa, a House of Representatives member, emerged on Sunday night, March 17, after a long meeting by stakeholders from Edo, the party leadership and Vice President Kashim Shettima.

Also in the meeting were the party’s flagbearer, Senator Monday Okpebholo, former Edo governor, Senator Adams Oshiomole and Hon. Idahosa.

Idahosa lost the ticket to Okpebholo following the controversies that greeted the party’s shadow election of February 1, later concluded on February 21.

With his emergence as the deputy governorship candidate, it is expected that Idahosa would withdraw his lawsuit against the party regarding the outcome of the Edo primary elections.

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On Wednesday, February 21, Senator Adams Oshiomhole said President Tinubu would not support the zoning of the governorship ticket of the APC ahead of the rescheduled primaries.

Oshiomhole, a former national chairman of the APC, made this known to the State House correspondents after private talks with President Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. He said President Tinubu ruled out any zoning arrangement in the state.

The former governor insisted that such a turn-by-turn” democracy denies the state of qualified candidates to run for the top office.

Source: Legit.ng