By our reporter 12.11.2026
All Progressives Congress chieftains gathered in Benin City Edo State Thursday and President Bola Tinubu listed a number of projects he needs to complete in Edo if given a second term in office.
Speaking on behalf of the President who was absent in the campaign stop, Vice President Kassim Shettima told the crowd at the Samuel Ogbemudia State Benin City: “We have come this far with your trust, and we seek your mandate to finish the work we have begun.
“We are determined to build roads on which a trader and aggregator could no longer lose money to delays,” he said.
“You have every right to hold us to our word until you can travel these roads in comfort,”
Edo State governor Monday Okpebholo who celebrating his two years in office said the Edo people are ready to vote Tinubu on January 16, 2027.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio concurred: “The election in Edo is over,” before saying, “We will vote massively for the president come 16th of January 2027.”
Akpabio added that the South-south zone will vote massively for President Tinubu based on several projects in the area including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.