#EdoDecides:KOWA Steps down,Join Forces with PDP Candidate in Forth-Coming Guber Election

The governorship candidate of KOWA party in Edo State, Mr Thompson Osadolor, has stepped down to joined forces with the PDP Ccandidate, Pastor Ize-Iyamu after revealing he could no longer sustain another two weeks of campaign in the election. Osadolor in Benin on Saturday told reporters that his party lacked the financial muscle to embark on campaign for another two weeks. He, however, said that he was not withdrawing from the race but that his party would support the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, for the poll.“I and my party have put in a lot financially and time to campaign across the nook and cranny of the state these past weeks.An opinion poll has rated us as one of the party likely to win the election.“Be that as it may, the recent announcement by the electoral body has destabilized us. For a party that does not have money to have put in much to campaign across the state, I don’t think we can afford to campaign for another two weeks.“For that reason, while I am not withdrawing from the race, the party (KOWA) will now back the PDP candidate for the new date rescheduled for the election,’’Osadolor said. He further stated that the reason for backing the PDP was that it shared a similar manifesto with the KOWA party.