Traditional rulers in Edo North senatorial district have rejected the planned zoning of the position of deputy governor to the area by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The monarchs said they had given their support to the incumbent governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole.
The position was made known by the Otaru of Auchi, Alhaji Aliru Momoh while fielding questions from newsmen on Wednesday in Auchi.
According to him, “Edo North already has a performing governor in the person of Adams Oshiomhole.”
The traditional ruler defended his open campaign for the re-election bid of Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, saying his was not an isolated case
Momoh said as a God-fearing leader, it was obligatory of him to be seen as speaking the truth at all times, and for the benefit of the people of the state.
“Yes, I openly campaigned for Adams Oshiomhole in 2007, and joined by other traditional rulers by what Omo N’Oba (Erediauwa) himself has said about Edo having a sitting governor that is performing wonderfully.
“Even the World Bank and Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, the foremost performing governor in this state, have said positive things about him.
“Every part of Edo has experienced positively what he has been doing in this state, even in Edo Central; there are now boreholes, in a place where there were none in the past.
“Now, he has turned parts of Edo State from glorified villages that they were, into beauties to behold, and the aesthetics of the places bringing out the beauty of houses that did not look as beautiful before.
“Should we not be thankful to God for giving us such a person who has been performing?
“That was why we, traditional rulers from Edo North went to thank the Omo N’oba for his support for Governor Oshiomhole.
“We in Edo North, we do not want a deputy governor, because we have a governor already, and so will not support a party that wants to give us that.”
?NAN reports that INEC has fixed July 14, 2012 for the Edo governorship election.
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