Agbomhere urges Edo APC Chairman To restructure party ahead guber poll

A governorship aspirant in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in Edo State and immediate past Zonal Organizing Secretary of the APC, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere, has urged the acting APC State Chairman, Khalifa Jarret Tenebe, to reposition and restructure the party ahead of the governorship poll fixed for September this year. Agbomhere made […]

A governorship aspirant in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in Edo State and immediate past Zonal Organizing Secretary of the APC, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere, has urged the acting APC State Chairman, Khalifa Jarret Tenebe, to reposition and restructure the party ahead of the governorship poll fixed for September this year.

Agbomhere made the statement in Abuja on Friday while responding to questions from newsmen on the brewing crisis in the party as a result of the concluded primaries which produced Senator Monday Okpebholo as the candidate for the election.

He called on the State Chairman to carry every party member along in preparation for the coming poll as the party gears up to reclaim Edo from the People’s Democratic Party.

Agbomhere said he was aware of where the APC State Chairman was coming from and that is why everyone has a lot of respect for him.

According to him (Agbomhere), the chairmanship position being given to Khalifa Jarret Tenebe is nothing compared to the role and the sacrifices the acting state chairman had made in Edo as a politician since the advent of democratic rule in 1999.

He also posited that Khalifa Tenebe was one of those Political Leaders that brought a former Governor of Edo State, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion into power and Professor Osariemen Osunbor as Governor of the State.

The Former National President of Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), said; the Acting state Chairman of the APC in Edo state has worked with all the political actors in the state, at various times to succeed, and this has earned him the nick name ‘The Man Behind’, because once he stands with anybody politically, that person must succeed. He has practically cut his teeth in the politics of Edo State.

“The manner with which Khalifa Tenebe hosted the primaries and managed the fall out is a testimony to his political sagacity.”

He also added that when the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki was harassing APC Members in the State,  Tenebe came to rescue the party as the Deputy State Chairman then, noting that Tenebe is conversant with Edo Politics.

According to the former South South Zonal Organizing Secretary of the party, the acting State Chairman now has the duty to reposition and restructure the Party for posterity sake to enable the APC win the forthcoming governorship election.