Edo 2020: PDP Aspirant, Gideon Ikhine Officially Steps down For Obaseki

Tijani Rasheed Segun, Benin

…Intellects Are Redirecting Political Processes

A leading  aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party for Edo 2020 governorship election, Mr Gideon Ikhine has  stepped down from the race for Governor Godwin Obaseki ahead party’s primaries.

Ikhine announced his decision  on Monday at Edo PDP Secretariat in Benin in presence of Obaseki, state party chairman , Dr Tony Aziegbemi, and other party leaders.

said there was no progress without a sacrifice, adding that the governor’s defection to the party was God’s great answer to the party and his aspiration.

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He noted that two persons could have the same vision but the means of approaching them different.

Ikhine stressed that he was not actually stepping down, but ” stepping behind the man who would lead the party to glory come Sept. 19″.

He said he and his supporters had resolved to work with the governor to ensure that a better tomorrow is achieved in the state.

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Responding, Obaseki said with the political situation in the state, history was being made in the country.

He noted that 21 years later in the present republic, democracy was taking a new turn as intellects are coming into the political process to redirect political processes and situations in the state.

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