Political tension in Edo North Senatorial district has began to manifest as core loyalists to former Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, vowed to stop the third term bid of Senator Francis Alimikhena.
the move Town Crier News gathered is to sustain pressure on the former governor the state to contest for the Edo North Senatorial District.
The group which met under the Platform of the “South South Movement ” Edo North chapter, told newsmen that Alimikhena has not met the aspiration of the people to deserve another shot at the senate.
The political platform led by Edo State former Executive Director, Ministry of Lands and Survey; Deputy Director of the group, Alhaji Mustapher Buddy; APC chieftains Mr Vitalis Eshokene; Ojisua Akojima David and Felix Ughiovhe said most of the projects executed by Alimikhena are merely ‘ceremonial’ in nature and non functional.
Eshokene, who spoke on behalf of the group, Edo North Chapter said “In my Etsako East Ward 9 and 10, the boreholes are ‘ceremonial’ because they cease to function after inauguration. He has boasted that the few individuals he has empowered will take him to the senate for the third term.
“We don’t have problem with him giving Greek gifts to few individuals in the name of empowerment. What we are saying is that he has failed to meet the collective interest of our people.
“He (Alimikhena) was a principal member of the Senate in his first term and there was no significant project he attracted to the area with this position. Look at what Prof Julius Ihonvbvere is doing in Owan federal Constituency with laudable people’s orientated projects.
“We are saying this because we hear he is telling people that he will be a principal member if he should given another opportunity. For us, he has had his chances and failed to use it for the betterment of the district.
“To change this narrative is why we are routing and already mobilising for Oshiomhole to come replicate what he did as the governor in the area.
“People may want to say it is not the same thing being a governor and a senator, but past experiences have shown that Oshiomhole sees the people as the center point of his policies.
“We are not just talking, we are already working the talk by mobilising fund both for the campaign and buying of the form for the former governor who has done a lot for not just people of Edo North senatorial district, but the entire State.
“We no longer want a sleeping senator , we want a working senator,” Eshokene stated.