The ambition of PDP candidate in the coming governorship election, Osagie
Ize -Iyamu received a massive boost on Wednesday as a Chieftain and
prominent contender for the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party,
Raymond Dokpesi leads his campaign in Etsako land.
In a statement by Media Aide Omor Bazuaye to Raymond Dokpesi Organisation,
Dokpesi said despite the botched convention in Port Harcourt he feels
obliged to provide the necessary pillar of support expected of a worthy
National Chairman to Ize-Iyamu at a time when the party is in dire need of
quality leadership.
Iyamu’s chances of snatching the governorship position is further enhanced
in Auchi where stalwart of Social Democratic Party {SDP}Abubakar Momoh
openly fused the entire machinery of his party in the six Local Government
Areas and sixty-four wards in Edo North in support of PDP candidate,
Ize-Iyamu.
He said the party took the decision to join forces with Ize Iyamu after a
careful assessment of his profile; convinced that he is the candidate that
SDP can work with and who can rescue the state from its current situation.
“All my coordinators , you know our campaign materials are with you.
As from tommorrow, you have to rebrand them with the photograph of Ice
Iyamu”.
He told his party members to take Ize- Iyamu’s campaign to the nooks and
crannies of Etsako land.
Dokpesi Joined other PDP leaders in Edo State to welcome Momoh and his
supporters.
PDP candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu told the crowd of supporters he would not
betray their confidence if voted as Governor.
“I know you have been disappointed by APC government. I know you’ve been
betrayed in the past, I’ll not betray you. My government would be your
government and together we shall transform our state”, he said.
Elsewhere outside of his campaign office in Auchi, Ize-Iyamu is received
by another maddening crowd.
Earlier Ize Iyamu visited the Royal Palace of the Aidonogie of South Ibie,
His Royal Highness, Umoru Inusa Umoru.
From the palace, Ize Iyamu walked the distance to the town centre.
His message here was that of hope; a message of a glorious future where
the dividends of democracy would be delivered to the people.
Ize-Iyamu in the company of Dokpesi took his campaign deep into Etsako
land; combing through towns like Fuga, Udaba,Oghomere,Apana Uzairu and
Okpepe.
His largest crowd by far came from Okpella where hundreds of party
faithful most of them youths and women trooped out to welcome and catch a
glim of the man who wants to direct the affairs of the state in the next
four years.