Oshiomohole Unopposed For APC Chairman As Ebri Withdraws

President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

The coast is clear for former Edo governor Adams Oshiomhole’s bid for the chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the last of his rivals, Clement Ebri, has announced his withdrawal from the race.

Ebri’s withdrawal from the race was made known on Thursday in his letter titled: “Withdrawal from National Championship race,” in Abuja.

The former Cross River governor decision came ahead of the party’s National Convention slated for Saturday and followed two other chairmanship aspirants’ withdrawal from the race.

He stated in the letter that his decision to withdraw from the race came after due consultations with friends, family and associates in the interest of the party.

He added that the decision was also taken in his belief that “all stakeholders “must tow in the same rancour-free direction as the 2019 general election approaches”.

Ebri noted that what happened in the leadership of the APC was directly responsible as to whether it could deliver on its promises to Nigerians to provide them with better lives.

He said that such was the core conviction that drove him into declaring his candidacy for the party’s National chairmanship position in the first place.

This, Ebri said, became the primary link between the people and government.

He also urged his supporters to transfer their support for his aspiration to the former governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the APC.