Timipre Sylva vows victory for APC, says Obaseki’s incumbency a ruse

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Edo 2020: Timipre Sylva vows victory for APC, says Obaseki's incumbency a ruse
Chief Timipre Sylva flanked by a former Governor of Edo state, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor and another party chieftain

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA: Minister of State, Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva has declared that the All Progressives Congress APC would win the September 19 governorship election in Edo state, dismissing as a ruse, the supposed power of incumbency being wielded by Gov. Godwin Obaseki.

Sylva who chairs the Contact and Mobilization Committee of the APC National Campaign Council of the Edo State Governorship Election made the declaration on Tuesday shortly after the inaugural meeting of the committee.

He accused the Peoples Democratic Party PDP of stealing the APC mandate in Bayelsa and Edo, but expressed delight that the situation in Edo occurred just few months to the elections, which he said is another opportunity to return the state to the ruling party.

He said; “All of us in the South-South believe that this election must be won. Edo state is our only APC state in…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper