It’s less than a week to the Edo State Governorship election and candidates have been pitching their manifestos to voters.
On Friday, five of the candidates participated in a debate organised by Channels Television, making a variety of promises if elected.
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Today, incumbent Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godwin Obaseki, will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with main challenger, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in another debate organised by Channels Television.
Both candidates, Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu, contested in the 2016 version of the election with the former coming out tops.
In what is widely considered as a rematch, the circumstances couldn’t have been more different from 2016. Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu have switched political allegiances, with the former moving from the APC to the PDP after Ize-Iyamu switched sides. Also, former Edo Governor and APC Chieftain, Adams Oshiomhole, who backed Obaseki in 2016, has been campaigning for Ize-Iyamu.
Both candidates have toured the state in a campaign season sometimes marred by violence and hateful rhetoric.
The debate is scheduled to start at 7 pm (WAT) and will be streamed online.
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