The governor of Abia State, Mr. Alex Otti, has called on Labour Party faithful in Edo State to vote for the governorship candidate of the party, Olumide Akpata, and be vigilant so that their will would not be circumvented.
He gave the charge when he visited the state to galvanize votes especially the Ibo speaking groups for the governorship candidate of the party in Edo.
Mr. Otti said the forthcoming governorship election in the state was a crucial one and they must ensure that their votes were guarded jealously.
He said though the party may not have the guns and ammunition to win the election but they had the people to deliver their choice candidate for the people of the state.
“I have come to appeal to you. You are all our people. I told Olumide that there is no need preaching to the converted. We have converted you already and it is now time for us to go and convert others.
“This is election, it is an election that will make a difference in Edo State. It is election for the people. We may not have all the guns and the ammunition, but we have the people.
“So, the charge I want to give you, is that, when you vote on that day, remain in your polling booth and don’t go home. That is how we did it in Abia state. So, for 48 and 72 hours, nobody sleeps.
“I used to tell our people, we have one saying. We said rat does not eat something when the owner is awake. So, you people should not sleep. If it is about the votes, we will have the votes, if it is about winning, we will win.
“We will not allow any rat to steal our victory,” Otti said.
The Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, appealed to the people of the state not to disappoint the party by voting for other candidates except Akpata if they really wanted to enjoy the dividends of democracy which the people in Abia State were currently enjoying.
“The victory is ours and we must deliver full time on that particular day and what Abia is enjoying today Edo State will enjoy it too,” Nwokocha said.
Edo State governorship candidate of the party, Akpata while welcoming Otti to the state, said Otti is in Benin City to help talk to the people of the state to vote for him and his running mate, Barr. Kadiri Asamah.
“Jesus Christ said, he didn’t come for the saved but for the lost,” Akpata said.
