From Tony Osauzo, Benin
A former governorship aspirant of the Labour Party in Edo State, Kenneth Imansuagbon and his supporters, yesterday, joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Imansuagbon, popularly called ‘Rice Man,’ picked the party membership card at the party secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
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He had previously aspired to be governor of Edo State on the platforms of the Peoples Democratic Party and the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), now All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking after picking his membership card, he said he pitched a tent with the ADC because he was tired of what he termed widespread hunger in the country, adding that he could no longer buy rice to share to the poor due to rising cost of commodities.
“Nobody will come from Jupiter to repair and rescue the country. It is only Nigerians that can rescue this country. It is no longer hunger but starvation that is happening in Nigeria. Prices have skyrocketed. I can no longer buy rice for Edo people.
“Nigerians are tired. Unemployment is on the rise and the Naira has fallen in value.
“I have found a credible alternative and that alternative is the ADC.
I am here to join the ADC. It will take us to the Promised Land. We are all Nigerians. Nobody can threaten anybody. We want to make Nigeria and Edo better than we met them.
I am not satisfied with the poverty in the land. I am calling on all Nigerians to come on board. I am ready to lead the battle for change,” he said.
Edo ADC chairman, Kennedy Odion, said there would be no sitting on the fence ahead of 2027, even as he acknowledged that the journey to 2027 would be tough and rough.
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