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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election with a landslide.

The governor disclosed this at the New Festival Hall of Government House, Benin City while addressing chairmen of the 17 local councils who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okpebholo, who praised Tinubu’s leadership style, said steps that previous administrations were afraid to take, which would have put the nation on a sound footing, have been taken by the President, especially the removal of the contentious fuel subsidy.

He said his administration is poised to develop the state and make the lives of the people better.

The governor said his administration is ready to work to change the lives of the people for the better, adding that in just four months in office, he and his team have changed the narrative in Edo State.

He said: “I welcome you all, our chairmen, who have come to join us, and I praise you for the courage and bravery to leave your party to join the APC. It takes a grounded politician to take the step you have taken today.

“Let me draw your minds back to where we are coming from as an administration. Edo was not working when we came into office. What we met was insecurity, killings, looting of the state treasury, using consultants to deceive Edo people and other backward policies implemented by the Godwin Obaseki-led administration; but we came and changed the narrative.”

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