By Kadiri Christopher
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| Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu |
A Frontline aspirant in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has recently bowed out of the governorship race.
In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Ganduje Umar Abdullahi, pastor Ize-Iyamu said the decision is not friendly but he has to accept it after multiple consultations with family members, friends, associates and party leaders.
According to him, "Having been cleared to contest, I regrettably wish to announce my withdrawal from the race. Although painful, this decision has become imperative after an exhaustive consultation with my family, friends, political associations, and supporters. I make this sacrifice in the interest of the peace and unity that the party desperately requires at both state and national levels.
"I humbly appeal to the good people of Edo State to accept my decision which is very personal and I promise to be there for them at all times", he said.
He used the privilege to appreciate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over what he described as a fatherly role played. He thanked the party leadership at all levels and as well being grateful to the members of his campaign organization who he said "were prepared to stop at nothing" to see him fly the party's flag.
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been a party flag bear for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2016 and APC in 2020, losing both elections to the same opposition candidate two times.
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