The immediate past Governor of Edo State, Adams
Oshiomhole, has said he will tomorrow formally declare his ambition to run for the
national chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former governor is likely favoured to replace
the outgoing Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, after he received
the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari.
With this, Oshiomhole is expected to slug it out
with Odigie-Oyegun, a fellow Edo State indigene, if he intends to actually run
for the chairmanship position.
Already, the APC had last Saturday commenced its
ward congresses while the local government congresses is scheduled for May 12, 2018,
just as the state congresses will hold on May 19, 2018, and the national convention
scheduled for June 2018.
Some of the dignitaries expected at the event
scheduled to hold in Abuja today include governors on the APC platform,
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; APC and National Assembly members among others.
Oshiomhole, who spoke to journalists on the issue
in Benin City, the state capital, on Wednesday shortly before he departed for Abuja, said he
was joining the chairmanship race with a view to contribute his quota to the
growth of the party.
He said: "It is true that I intend to make my
ambition known to our party members and Nigerians tomorrow. I strongly
believe that with the experience I have gathered in my public life, having
served as President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and governor of Edo
State, I have what it takes to take our dear party, the ruling party, to the
next level."
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