The Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) has challenged the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to make himself out there for a public debate forward of the election.
The nationwide publicity secretary of PDP, Hon Debo Ologungaba, mentioned Okpebholo has been avoiding the media and city corridor engagements with the folks of Edo State.L as a result of he’s “afraid to be confronted with the problems of lack of capability and allegations of forgery of voter card and delivery paperwork, which he has failed to answer.”
In a chat with journalists in Abuja, Ologungaba mentioned APC leaders like Senator Adams Oshiomhole, resorted to “peddling lies and falsely claiming that the PDP candidate has been disqualified,” due to Okpebholo’s failing to interact in issues-based campaigns.
“You’ll observe that in Edo State at present, it’s our candidate that’s campaigning. Asue Ighodalo’s reputation and acceptability by nearly all of the folks of Edo State have dwarfed, dumbed and incapacitated the APC and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo.
“Having realized that they haven’t any prospect within the election, APC leaders like Adams Oshiomhole at the moment are engaged in peddling lies and falsely claiming that the PDP candidate has been disqualified.
“It was a pitiable sight to observe Comrade Oshiomhole stammering on Nationwide TV when the anchors confronted him with the truth that the Court docket upheld the nomination of Asue Ighodalo.
“When requested to supply the judgment he referred to he seemed confused and said that he didn’t have it.”
Ologungaba mentioned the Court docket of Attraction didn’t disqualify Ighodalo as PDP candidate, noting that the court docket, as a substitute, upheld the first election that produced him as candidate and awarded value towards the appellants.
“The Attraction Court docket by the judgement affirmed the validity of Asue Ighodalo’s PVC as already confirmed by INEC. So Asue Ighodalo is within the race, he’s main within the race and he’s coasting to victory.
“However, the APC candidate Monday Okpehbolo shouldn’t be campaigning or partaking the folks having realizing that he’s no match to Asue Ighodalo as he lacks capability, competence and has nothing to supply to the folks of Edo State.
“No marvel the APC candidate has been avoiding the media and city corridor engagements with the folks of Edo State. He’s afraid to be confronted with the problems of lack of capability and allegations of forgery of voter card and delivery paperwork, which he has failed to answer.
“We problem the APC candidate to make himself out there to media interview and scrutiny. If Monday Okpebholo is certainly placing himself for public workplace, he ought to make himself out there for public scrutiny.
“We perceive the APC candidate has been invited to look on a selected nationwide TV tomorrow, Monday and it’s incumbent on him to honour that invitation.
“Monday Okpebholo ought to cease working from the media if he has something to supply to the great folks of Edo State. PDP insists that Okpebholo ought to make himself out there for a public debate.”
