The Labour Party (LP) in Edo State has dropped its placeholder, Mrs. Oluyinka Alufohai, a former Chairman of LP in Owan West Local Government Area, and replaced her with Prince Yusuf Asamah Kadiri, SAN, an indigene of Auchi in Etsako West LGA, as running mate to the party’s governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata.
Edo Chairman of LP, Kelly Ogbaloi, announced this, explaining the decision was taken at a meeting in Benin on Sunday.
Ogbaloi also dispelled the insinuation that Alufohai was dropped over discrepancies in her date of birth and the year she finished secondary school in the form EC28 that she submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said the LP will formally present the running mate at an elaborate ceremony while assuring that the LP is poised to win the governorship poll.
On November 12, Akpata will contend with candidates from the All Progressives Congress's (APC) Senator Monday Okpebholo, the People's Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) Dr. Asue Ighodalo, and 14 other governorship candidates for the governorship slot.