Ahead of the 2024 Edo State Governorship Election,a group, Better Edo Forum (BBF) has called on the former Governor of Edo State, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor to publicly declared to contest for the 2024 governorship election to succeed the PDP led administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The group in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin and signed by its State Coordinator and Secretary, Odion James and Osaro Idemudia respectively, said the Professor Osunbor’s short stay as governor of Edo state witnessed massive development across the State.
The statement noted that within the 18 months Osunbor governed the state,there was massive road construction, school rehabilitation and several other projects that were aimed at transforming the state
The group also pointed out that rule of law became the order of the day within the period.
According to the statement, “Osunbor can best be described as a workaholic, who did everything humanly possible to change the fortune of our dear state from the very sorry state he met it.
Odion said, the 2024 governorship election offer yet another opportunity for the loyal, dedicated APC leader and former governor to deliver on his plans for Edo people.
“We saw him embarked on unprecedented massive roads construction across the three senatorial districts. Some of these roads exists as we speak.
“He also embarked on other projects that catalyse the state from it state of economy doldrums to that of prosperity the State has started to witness before the court judgement that put paid to his development strides.
“It is as a result of this that we, along with millions of Edolites, are calling on him, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor to declare interest to contest the 2024 governorship election.
“As a group, we will support him in whatever capacity by mobilizing human and material resources to see that this dream comes to fruition.
“We know what he (Osunbor) is capable of and that is why we call him,Mr ‘Capacity’. We want him to come and reenact the work he started and what Oshiomhole built on before the present administration took the State to the dark days.”
The group appeal to the APC leadership to adopt Osunbor as their consensus candidate to fly the party’s flag having shown and demonstrated strong capacity to change the fortune of the state when he held sway.
Recall that Osunbor’s tenure as Governor was truncated on the 11the of November, 2008 by an Appeal Court judgement which upheld the earlier decision of an election tribunal that adjudged Comrade Adams Oshiomhole the winner of the governorship election in 2007.
