Edo guber: Is Obaseki funding Labour's Party Akpata campaign? Truth emerges

• The gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the September governorship election in the state, Olumide Akpata, has cleared the air on how his campaign is being funded
• Akpata maintained that he is not answerable to any godfather including Governor Obaseki, whose anointed candidate is PDP’s Asue Ighodalo
• The former NBA chairman also noted that he could not be remote-controlled by any political benefactor if elected in the poll

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Olumide Akpata, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Edo state, has denied being sponsored by Governor Godwin Obaseki, as speculated ahead of the September 21 election.

LP's Akpata clears air on receiving funds from Governor Obaseki. Photo credit: Governor Godwin Obaseki, Olumide Akpata
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Akpata says he is funding himself and not plan B to Obaseki

The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) made the rebuttal when he appeared as a guest on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.

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Akpata said that despite being his kinsman, he could not be a Plan B for Obaseki’s government, which the Edo people have rated low for performing woefully in office.

The LP governorship candidate also cleared the air when asked to tell Nigerians where he got his campaign funding.

He said:

“I have no strings attached. I am not answerable to any godfather. I am not answerable to any political benefactor.“That is one reason they (Edo people) can trust the Labour Party government because we are answerable to the people,” he said.

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Poll predicts winner of Edo governorship election

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, leads the Edo state governorship race with 68% of the vote.

The poll reveals that 96.9% of respondents have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), but only 73.1% are committed to voting.

The Edo Business Development Agency (EBDA) Managing Director, Sharon Orisakwe, has predicted a potentially low voter turnout of around 20% based on past trends.

Source: Legit.ng