Less than 24 hours after he made headlines for a controversial statement, Monday Okpebholo is back in the news again — for a not-so-good reason.
During his campaign rally at Ovia-north LGA on Thursday, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the Edo governorship election goofed while addressing the crowd.
“We’re going to provide you with insecurity,” Okpebholo said in video clips now making the rounds on social media.
Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo-north and former governor of the state, who was standing beside Okpebholo on the podium, was seen signaling to him, after which the candidate corrected himself.
“We are going to provide you with security; we are going to fight insecurity,” he then said.
“We’re going to make sure that the evil ones are out of our land. This land does not belong to kidnappers.”
On Friday, video clips of Okpebholo saying he would repair interstate roads and claim double the amount from the federal government if elected surfaced online.
The governorship election is scheduled for September 21, and Okpebholo is up against Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) and 14 other candidates.
