Okpebholo can t deliver 2.5 million votes for Tinubu if Edo APC remains divided - Party chieftain
- ✦Some have been in politics for years, have contested elections and have credibility with the people."As the leader of the party in the state, the governor should bring everybody together.
- There are people who will vote for the party because of the governor.
- Against the backdrop of Governor Monday Okpebholo's promise to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Barrister Henry Idahagbon, has warned that the target may not be realised unless simmering divisions within the party are addressed.DAILY POST reports that Idahagbon, a former two-time commissioner in the administrations of Lucky Igbinedion and Adams Oshiomhole, described the 2.5 million-vote target as a tall dream if aggrieved party members are not reconciled.Idahagbon, who is the current commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo states at the Federal Civil Service Commission, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Benin City.He said that no matter how popular the governor might be, he could not single-handedly deliver 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu, noting that election is a game of numbers.Idahagbon said, "I commend the governor's doggedness in campaigning for the party, but I want to advise him to put his house in order.
- Some have been in politics for years, have contested elections and have credibility with the people."As the leader of the party in the state, the governor should bring everybody together.
Against the backdrop of Governor Monday Okpebholo's promise to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Barrister Henry Idahagbon, has warned that the target may not be realised unless...
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Against the backdrop of Governor Monday Okpebholo's promise to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Barrister Henry Idahagbon, has warned that the target may not be realised unless simmering divisions within the party are addressed.DAILY POST reports that Idahagbon, a former two-time commissioner in the administrations of Lucky Igbinedion and Adams Oshiomhole, described the 2.5 million-vote target as a tall dream if aggrieved party members are not reconciled.Idahagbon, who is the current commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo states at the Federal Civil Service Commission, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Benin City.He said that no matter how popular the governor might be, he could not single-handedly deliver 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu, noting that election is a game of numbers.Idahagbon said, "I commend the governor's doggedness in campaigning for the party, but I want to advise him to put his house in order.
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Against the backdrop of Governor Monday Okpebholo's promise to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Barrister Henry Idahagbon, has warned that the target may not be realised unless simmering divisions within the party are addressed.DAILY POST reports that Idahagbon, a former two-time commissioner in the administrations of Lucky Igbinedion and Adams Oshiomhole, described the 2.5 million-vote target as a tall dream if aggrieved party members are not reconciled.Idahagbon, who is the current commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo states at the Federal Civil Service Commission, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Benin City.He said that no matter how popular the governor might be, he could not single-handedly deliver 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu, noting that election is a game of numbers.Idahagbon said, "I commend the governor's doggedness in campaigning for the party, but I want to advise him to put his house in order.
