2023 Poll: Adopt "Jehovah Witness" style to woo more people to APC, ex- Edo deputy governor urges

Members of  the Edo State chapter of the South-South Contact and Mobilization Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council at the inauguration in Benin City on Wednesday




By Editor


Dec 14, 2022



Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have been enjoined to adopt the "Jehovah Witness" style of 
evangelism to win more people to the party in the state.

Dr Pius Odubu, the former deputy governor of Edo State and nominee for the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) made the call at the inauguration of  the Edo State chapter of the South-South Contact and Mobilization Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council on Wednesday in Benin City.


Odubu, who said members of the committee should do their best in marketing the manifestos of the presidential candidate of the party to the electorate, urged them to work in unity and not independently.

"You must constitute yourself in what I called "Jehovah Witness"kind of evangelism to win more people to the party for the 2023 general elections.

"Don't be afraid to talk to the people in the marketplaces, your club members, Parents/Teachers Association, in the workplace to convince your colleagues to embrace and vote for all the party's candidates at the elections.

"I urged you members of the  committee to work together and not be afraid to preach the messages of Tinubu/Shettima ticket to the electorate",he said.

He noted that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is well ahead of other political party's candidate in all field of human endeavours.

Odubu who described the APC presidential candidate as the conscience of the nation's democracy, opined that the victory of the party in presidential election is a sure way for the party to reclaim the state in 2024 governorship election.

Members of  the Edo State chapter of the South-South Contact and Mobilization Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council at the inauguration in Benin City on Wednesday





On his part, the state chairman of the party, David Imuse, urged the committee members to redouble their efforts and go back to their various constituency to deliver all the candidates of the party at the elections.

Imuse also asserted that the victory of the party at  the general elections  would guarantee the party reclaiming the state in the 2024 governorship election.

He  called on leaders and members of the party to mobilise their supporters for the party’s victory in the 2023 general elections.

“In the military, they say the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war which means the harder you work now the easier it will be for us to get victory.

 “On election day, you will not see Tinubu on the ballot, you will see APC on the ballot so when you are campaigning for the Tinubu/Shetima ticket, know that you are campaigning for APC.


"If we do well in 2023, we are going to match majestically into Osadebey Avenue come 2024 and by the grace of God we will surely get there so that the present predators occupying there will be chased out", he added.

Earlier, Samson Osagie, the State Director of the Committee said the focus of the committee is to galvanise the electorate and convince them from pandering to  unnecessary sentiments

Osagie, a former Minority Whip in the House of Representatives noted that a lot of emotions is running very high on account of the situation of the country.

He opined that the Tinubu presidency for Nigeria will bring about a very positive redirection of both policy and governance in a manner that Nigerians will benefit from.

"We are very happy that our electorate are coming out in their numbers to collect their PVCs, we encourage them to do that because that is their power.

“Our  party presidential candidate,Bola Ahmed Tinubu possess the requisite, mental capacity, leadership ability to drive development for our great country and that is why we are coming together at this point in time to help our people in Edo state.

"To let them know that we stand on this side of the divide to ensure that we provide a Tinubu/Shetima leadership for this country devoid of unnecessary sentiments, devoid of warehouse economics, devoid of unsubstantiated statistics for practical purposes for the development of our great country", he said.

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