Also recalling his amiable mien and firm disposition to the agitation for the next Governor of Edo State to be of Esan extraction, Esan Okpa says, “We have lost a visionary elder statesman who was committed to a harmonious relationship amongst all groups in Edo State” which trace their origin to the same roots.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed the rumour that the party was narrowing some positions reserved for Anambra Central Senatorial District to candidates from specific Local Government Area. Dr Alex Obiogbolu, chairman of APGA Congress Committee, disclosed this in a statement entitled ‘Complaints Of Micro Zoning In Central’, issued in Awka. The statement
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In a statement by EOI’s Public Relations Officer, Tony Iyare, the committee which is headed by the pioneer Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Mathew Egbadon, is composed of former Edo State Governor, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor, frontline business man, Chief Leemon Ikpea, former President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), a retired Army General, Cecil Esekhaigbe, former President, Association of Esan Professionals (AEP), Efe Akhigbe, Dr Roseline Etiti Okosun, former Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Post Primary Education, and Tony Iyare, former Special Adviser, Media & Publicity to ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole.