BENIN CITY – Edo State Deputy Governor Dr. Pius Egberanmwen Odubu has vouched for the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential standard bearer Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (Rtd) as the panacea to the myriad of problems bedeviling the Nigerian nation.The deputy governor made the remark on behalf of Governor Adams Oshiomhole when he received in Government House, leaders and members of APC from Ogwa community ward one in Esan West Local Government Area, Edo State.
Dr. Pius Odubu who lamented the poor infrastructural decay and economic quagmire in Nigeria, stressed that the APC presidential candidate has all it takes, to fix Nigeria if voted into power in the re-scheduled presidential polls of March 28, 2015.
He urged the leadership and members of APC in Ogwa Ward in Esan who were on a courtesy visit to re-double efforts to ensure total victory for APC at all levels in Edo Central Senatorial District.
The deputy governor expressed joy over the massive defection of PDP members to the APC recently in the ward and assured them of equal treatment with order members of APC.
Spokesman for Ogwa community Prince Eddy Imaralu said their visit was to reassure the Governor of their continued loyalty and support for the administration and the APC at large.
Prince Imaralu emphasised that a total of 193 PDP members from Ogwa Ward 1 recently defected to the APC on account of the unprecedented development strides of the APC led government in the state.
Prince Eddy Imaralu said Ogwa Ward one is fully prepared for the forthcoming polls and assured of APC’s victory in the locality.
APC state Chairman, Barr. Auselm Ojezua, Chief of Staff, Government House, Barrister Patrick Obahiagbon and Commissioner for Establishment Comrade Didi Adodo were in attendance.