Edo governorship election: Ganduje heads APC campaign council

The All Progressives Party (APC) has appointed the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to head its campaign council for the Edo State governorship election.

Ganduje’s appointment was approved by the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party to chair the Party’s high-level National Campaign Council for the Edo State Governorship Election in September.

Also, Governor of Imo State, H.E. (Sen) Hope Uzodinma will serve as Deputy Chairman and Hon. Abbas Braimoh as Secretary of the 49-member APC National Campaign Council.

Governor Ganduje was caught on video, in 2018, collecting cash in dollars from a contractor in the state.

The probe into the act by the state assembly of the scandal was later swept under the carpet as he secured a court injunction to stop the probe.

Later the journalist Jafaar Jafaar, who sourced the video, appeared before the lawmakers and defended the authenticity of the video.

Ganduje, who enjoys immunity from prosecution as a sitting governor, has not been investigated for the scandal by any anti-graft agency.

The Kano governor won his re-election last year despite the bribery scandal.

The APC appointed him as the head of a 49-member committee for the campaign in Edo State.

The APC’s candidate in the September 19 governorship election in Edo is Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a pastor who decamped from the main opposition party, PDP.

Governor Godwin Obaseki who defected from the APC to the PDP. And of course, Ize-Iyamu is Obaseki’s main oppoistion.

According to reports, a total of 14 parties will be taking part in the election.

The campaign council is expected to be inaugurated on Monday, 6th July 2020 at the Party’s National Secretariat.