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Edo 2024: Guber Aspirant Clears The Air On Affinity With Labour Party, Esan Agenda

<h4>Edo 2024<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress&comma; APC in Edo State&comma; Honourable Johnson Agbonayima&comma; has declared that he is not a member of the Labour Party and called on those erecting billboards across the State which portrays him as a member of LP to stop forthwith&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Agbonayima&comma; a frontline gubernatorial aspirant for next year&&num;8217&semi;s governorship election spoke at the palace of the Benin monarch where he had gone to inform the Oba of his intention to contest the election&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the former federal lawmaker&comma; it is important to seek royal blessing before embarking on the project&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Responding to the emergence of his face on billboards with LP logo&comma; Agbonayima clarified that he has never been a member of Labour Party&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am not a member of Labour Party and I do not intend to be in the future&period; As you can see for yourself&comma; I am here with my supporters from the APC&period; You can see them all adorning the party uniform and paraphernalia&comma; dancing and singing&period; So there is no iota of truth that I am in Labour Party&comma; ”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he cleared&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On what is driving his ambition&comma; Agbonayima who is a federal commissioner on the board of Code Of Conduct Bureau said that he decided to take a short at the plum job because he has what it takes to make Edo better than what it is at the moment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My ambition is about the people&comma; building infrastructures&comma; making food available for the people at affordable prices as well as guaranteeing their lives and property&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Agbonayima explained further that government must provide for it citizens as it is done in developed countries and that is his driving force&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reacting to the sentiments being canvased in certain quarters that it is the turn of Edo Central Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the State&comma; the guber hopeful said that Edo governorship is about Edo State and not a section of the State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In as much as I share in their sentiments&comma; I make bold to say that such sentiments is not in line with democratic philosophy&period; It is a lazy man argument which does not hold water&period; As far as I am concerned&comma; Edo governorship position is up for contest and only those who are fit and strong should go into the race and let the strongest win&period; If the winner comes from Edo South or North or Central&comma; so be it provided the process is free and credible&period; At any rate&comma; Edo South has the number to swing and determine which of the zone gets the ticket&comma; ”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>Agbonayima declared&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Born on January 1&comma; 1961&comma; Agbonayinma Johnson attended Agbado Primary School in Benin City before proceeding to Airwele High School for his secondary education in 1983&period; He subsequently obtained degree in Security and Intelligence at the University of Houston&comma; Texas&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Before representing Egor&sol;Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019&comma; Agbonayinma Johnson&&num;8217&semi;s political astuteness manifested at a tender age in the United States of America when&comma; around 1988&comma; he won a campaign for the mayors and had good relationship with renowned leaders like former President Bill Clinton and George Bush&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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