Odubu declares for Edo gov race...

EDO State deputy governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, yesterday, in Benin formally declared his intention to seek the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship ticket in the state’s governorship election slated for September 10, 2016.

The deputy governor, who also used the occasion to comment on his alleged attempt to kill Governor Adams Oshiomhole, described the allegation as a wicked attempt by enemies of progress to drive a wedge between him and his boss. He said: “It is an old and tired lie concocted to tarnish my image in the eyes of the public".

"It is politically motivated. You are aware that the governorship election is around the corner, and I am one of those vying for the APC ticket. They failed when they tried it during my re-nomination as deputy governor in 2012. They certainly will fail again now. “For me, nothing in this world is worth the blood of a fowl, not to talk of that of a human being. I leave these enemies of progress to the all knowing God. I know and I do believe that He will manifest Himself in this matter, in the fullness of time. Time, they say, writes the ultimate history and history, delivers that final judgment.” Odubu who declared his readiness to contest the APC governorship primaries amidst speculations that he was told to step down from the race, said nobody had told him to step down from the race for whatever reason, insisting, “Nothing like that will happen and it is not likely to happen. Stepping down is not in my calculation.”

On some leaflets that were being distributed in Benin-City few days ago by some persons that he has been in government for close to 16 years and as such should not be voted for, he said that he has been around in the political arena for a while serving the people in different capacities in the legislative and executive arms of government.