Edo 2024: AA Party Chairman Disowns adoption of APC candidate... says Iseghohi-Okojie is an Impostor
The Edo State chapter of Action Alliance (AA), has distanced self from Tom Iseghohi-Okojie who on Sunday, collapsed his ambition for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo.
On Sunday while briefing newsmen in Benin City, Iseghohi-Okojie said the decision to step down from the governorship race and support the APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo is to unite with a capable political leader and party that has the sincere intention to develop Edo State.
In a press statement signed by the state chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Uwaifo Osaro, who doubled as the governorship candidate of the party and made available to journalists, said Iseghohi-Okojie is an impostor and was never a member of the party.
According to him, “By the grace of God, I am the State Chairman of Action Alliance (AA) and also doubled to be the gubernatorial candidate of the party.
“My party primary was conducted on the 21st February, 2024 the last day stipulated by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for all political party to conduct their primaries, and INEC came and supervised Action Alliance (AA) party primary.
I did not substitute for anybody as the governorship candidate of my party.
“Tom Iseghohi Okojie is an imposter, we don’t know him as member of AA in Edo.
His local government area party chairman don’t know him, even the ward he claimed to be a member cannot even recognised him.
“Edo people should disregard that news that Tom Iseghohi Okojie as AA governorship candidate collapsed structure for All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo.”
When I emerged as the candidate of AA through primary supervised by INEC, my opposition then, Mr. Fredrick Ihinmwinhisi took me to court.
I don’t know what INEC is doing. INEC was the one who sent me the Certified Through Copy (CTC) of the primary.
If another primary was conducted which I am not privileged to, I would have known.
"As at last two weeks, my lawyer wrote to INEC for the change of name and they appealed that it was an error.
The Esan North-East local government area chairman of AA, Onakhionor John Best, also confirmed that Tom Iseghohi-Okojie is not a member of Action Alliance in the local government, adding that he cannot recognised him as a member of the party.
According to him, “The name Tom Iseghohi-Okojie is not in the list of members of my party (AA) in my local government area.
He is an impostor. Edo people should disregard his claimed as governorship candidate of Action Alliance or collapsing AA structure for APC.”
