THE INTENSIFIED REPORT

 The All Progressive Congress, APC, has congratulated the governor of Edo  State, Godwin Obaseki, over his victory in the September 19 governorship election in the State. Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, defeated Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC, to secure second term as the governor of the State. A statement by the chairman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary/Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, said the outcome of the election represented victory for Nigeria’s democracy. “Edo State Governorship election is over, the winner has been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the person of the Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP). We hereby congratulate the winner of the election, the people of Edo State and all Nigerians. The peaceful conduct of the election and its outcome represent victory for Nigeria’s democracy” “As a party, we join our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, to a

The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has refuted reports that Senator representing Abia Central, Senator Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedum Orji, looted the sum of N525 billion from the state coffer. Recall that the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate in Abia State, Alex Otti, had asked both Orji who was a former governor and his son, currently the Speaker of the state House of Assembly  to resign over their alleged loot  while the former was a governor. However, the party urged people of the state to discountenance Otti’s allegation while describing the APGA chieftain as a “political vampire.” The acting Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, Love Ezema, explained that Otti was after Orji due to his loss at the last governorship election in the state. Ezema stated that Otti alongside the All Progressives Congress, APC, were actively plotting to destabilize the state by attempting to circumvent the judic