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Bye Election: Group Cautions APC Against Featuring Enemy Of Benin Kingdom
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City
A Socio Cultural Group, the Benin United Forum ( BUF), has called on the people of Ovia Federal Constituency to ensure that whoever is going to represent the constituency must not be the enemy of the BENIN Kingdom.
The group in a release signed by Iyamu Osaro Culture- President and Osayuki-Osa Benson-Secretary General said, “the next Ovia Federal Representative should and must not be the Son or Daughter of the enemy of the Benin Kingdom”.
According to them, “the APC should make sure whoever is known to be against the Benin Kingdom is not qualified to be the representative of the Ovia people.”
Part of the statement reads,: “We call on the APC Leadership of Ovia South West and North East to jettison any plan(s) to support the Son or Daughter of the enemy of Benin Kingdom as a Candidate.
“In as much as we have no person or individual grudges against anyone who aspires for an elective position, this letter is in affirmation that, our position has not changed, but against the enemies of Benin Kingdom.
“More so that, as the bye election draws closer, we wish to call on relevant stakeholders in the polity that, those who sacrilegiously supported Obaseki actions against the revered Benin Throne should not be by any means be nominated or supported to fly the APC flag. Whether or not such an Aspirant has changed Political Party or an old member(s) within the APC Aspirants.
According to them, “if APC hopes to retain the vacant position of Ovia Federal Constituency for the Party, we state therefore, that any attempt, or calculated attempt to undermine our position will be viewed as APC only rode on the sacrilegious acts/plots that Obaseki orchestrated against Benin Kingdom to get into power in Edo State which will signal a wrong move”.
“We will appreciate it if this position of ours is given favourable consideration by the State APC Leadership and that of Ovia South West/ North East Leadership.” They concluded.