Two-time candidate Ize-Iyamu withdraws from Edo APC governorship race
Barely 24 hours to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary for Edo State September governorship election, one of its aspirants, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has withdrawn from the race.
The Director General of the Sylvester Odion Akhaine Campaign Organisation, Prof. Felix Oriakhi, announced suspension in statement made available to SaharaReporters.
However, addressing journalists on Friday in Benin, Ize-Iyamu, who contested the Governorship elections four years ago to unseat incumbent Governor Obaseki, said his decision to quit the race was in the interest of peace and unity of the party.
Ize-Iyamu, who contested against incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki in 2016 and 2020, was among the 12 governorship aspirants cleared by the party’s screening committee led by Prof. Taoheed Adedoja.
Ize-Iyamu has contested the Edo State governorship seat twice. First in 2016, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and in 2020 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
