2027: Angry constituents reject reelection of Edo Deputy Speaker, disrupt campaign flag-off

Ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC, superior for the 2027 wide elections scheduled for adjacent month, aggravated constituents of Orhionmwon Constituency person protested against the re-election of Hon. Osamwonyi Atu, the Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, implicit alleged unfulfilled run promises.

The constituents protested connected Friday, April 24, 2026, successful Abudu, the administrative office of the Local Government Area.

DAILY POST reports that the protestation coincided with plans by the embattled lawmaker to emblem disconnected his re-election run successful the area.

The constituents, chiefly youths made up of young men and women, protested nether the aegis of Concerned Orhionmwon East Youths.

They vowed to defy the workout portion insisting that the lawman talker indispensable archetypal fulfil promises made during the 2023 electioneering campaign.

In a viral video, immoderate protesters were heard questioning Abudu women connected whether they were blessed surviving successful full blackout.

“You are campaigning erstwhile determination is nary airy successful your constituency. You person not adjacent fulfilled your 2023 run promises,” they alleged.

The protesters, who were equipped with placards bearing assorted inscriptions, accused the lawmaker of neglecting captious issues affecting the constituency.

They listed immoderate of the captious issues the lawmaker f...