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Buhari endorses Ize-Iyamu for Edo election
The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next month’s elections in Edo state.
This was revealed by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC, Mai Malla Buni, as the outcome of the meeting held on Friday.
APC Chairman Malla Buni stated this while briefing State House correspondents after presenting Ize-Iyamu to Buhari.
The Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was also present at the meeting, described the incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, as a liability.
“I can assure you that Governor Obaseki is a liability to the PDP. I can assure you that we are contesting against a governor who failed most woefully,” Ganduje said.
Ize-Iyamu during the meeting, debunked allegations that 14 members-elect of the Edo State House of Assembly gathered in his house on Thursday, to impeach the Speaker of the House and elect a new one.
He said: “Let me debunk the statement that 17 members of the State House of Assembly sat in my sitting room, it is not true.”
