Oshiomhole guns for Edo North Senatorial ticket

There are signs that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has finally abandoned his presidential ambitions.

According to reports from Edo North, he has chosen a nomination form to enable him to run for the Edo North senatorial seat away from the spotlight.

On Friday, April 29, Oshiomhole revealed his intention to fill out a nomination form to run for president of the country.

The ceremonial announcement, which was scheduled to take place at Abuja’s Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture, has been postponed till further notice.

Oshiomhole’s media aide, Victor Oshioke, had in a statement said: “The formal declaration of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for the office of President, Federal Republic of Nigeria under the platform of APC which was advertised to hold today, April 29th 2022 is hereby postponed. The new date for the event will be communicated appropriately.”

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However, a political associate who was celebrating the end of Ramadan holiday at his Iyamho country house, Etsako West local government, over the weekend intimated that “the announcement was a ploy.”

“Oshiomhole for Senate is a fact that will be actualized,” the associate, who requested anonymity, continued.

He revealed that the former Governor of Edo State was there at his country estate to reassure his followers, who had gathered in large numbers to support his Senatorial bid.

“The supporters who came from across the six local governments of the district, later took their turn to append their signatures on some sections of the nomination form which is a mandatory requirement before onward submission of the form,” he said.

At the party’s primaries, Oshiomhole is likely to face off against incumbent Senator Francis Alimikhena to select who would fly the party’s flag at the National Assembly elections in February next year.