Elders, leaders and other people from Edo State have taken over Abuja forward of the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) holding within the Nigerian capital on Saturday.
They are in Abuja to show solidarity with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the speedy previous governor of the state, who's contesting the National Chairmanship of the APC on the conference.
Among outstanding leaders of the state that had arrived Abuja as at Thursday have been Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, state chairman of the party, Anselm Ojezua, state Secretary, Lawrence Okah, Senator Domingo Obende, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, EJ Agbonayima and all the management of the APC in Edo State.
Many of them besieged the marketing campaign workplace of Oshiomhole at Asokoro singing solidarity songs. Shaibu who spoke to Vanguard, stated: “He is our father so we have no choice than to relocate the seat of power from Edo to Abuja temporarily to give support to the father of modern Edo state, Oshiomhole.”
Also talking, state chairman of the APC, Ojezua defined that, “You know when you have a good product, you really have no much marketing to do.”
“From the onset I have always maintained the fact that the party needs Comrade because we are at a time when so much has happened in the past four years and by reason of our constitution this is a good time for us to prepare because next year we are going to elections and the last time we spoke I told you that we need a warrior because we are going for a battle.”