Edo 2024: Ighodalo Promises To Reach Out To Other Aspirants To Work For PDP

Winner of PDP governorship primary election in Edo state, Asue Ighodalo, has vowed to reach out to other aspirants in order to work for the party.

Ighodalo made this vow in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday monitored by Ekweanaedo


He said, “I am going to reach out to all the aspirants (under the PDP) starting from tonight. I’m going to try and convince them to join hands so we can work together for the sake of the party and the people of Edo State.”


Recall that Ighodalo beat other aspirants, including Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, in the election held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the Edo State capital.


Ighodalo polled 577 votes to emerge as the state ruling party’s governorship candidate for the September 2024 election.


The Chairman of the Edo PDP Primary Electoral Committee and Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State declared the financial and legal expert as the winner of the exercise.

“I, therefore, declare Asuelimen Ighodalo the winner of this concluded primary today with a total vote of 577. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen,” Governor Dauda who is the chief returning officer for the election, said.


The PDP candidate promised to give his all for the state if elected as the governor.


In his acceptance speech, Ighodalo who was dressed in a white kaftan and flanked by his wife Ifenyinwa Ighodalo thanked delegates, supporters, and the PDP for their backing.


Ighodalo’s victory comes one month after he threw himself into the ring for the race. Before his emergence, a group in the party had declared Shaibu as the governorship candidate of the PDP in a parallel poll.