By Editor
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo Central, Chief Francis Inegbeneki has said that the governorship candidate of the party, Senator Monday Okpebholo, learnt the art of politics and winning from the former Board of Trustee (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Late Chief Tony Anenih while he was alive.
He said this while responding to questions from journalists in Benin City.
Chief Inegbeneki said that a proof that he has learnt very well under the late political icon, was that his first shot into the political space, secured him the senatorial seat.
“Senator Okpebholo graduated from the college of Late Chief Tony Anenih. He learnt very well. As you can see, 2023, during the senatorial election, you saw that Okpebholo changed the political narrative in Edo Central politics.
“For the first time since 1999, APC has never won Edo Central in the area of senate.
“It has been PDP all the way but when Okpebholo came out because he was well tutored, only one shot, he got the senatorial ticket and today, he is a senator.
“So, what we are seeing now, is what he has learned from him (late Tony Anenih) and come September, he is going to use that again”, Inegbeneki added.
He added that he is not being disturbed about the issue of who is a homeboy rather, the electorate will decide who the homeboy is.
“The people will decide who will be their next governor and not issues of homeboy because the people will read between the lines and make up their minds as to whether to vote for somebody in the diaspora or a homeboy.
“So, we will now actually know who is the homeboy or a diaspora boy”, Inegbeneki added.