April 28, (THEWILL)- It is going to be a very tight race on who emerges governor in Edo State on September 21, 2024. From almost 40 aspirants who were all jostling to emerge candidates of their various political parties, the number has been finally pruned to 17 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Of the 17, only one woman made the cut. And she is Patience Ndidi Key who will be jostling for the number one seat with 16 men on the platform of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP. Patience began the journey with about eight women in the race, some of whom included Loretta Ogboro-Okor, Omosedei Igbinedion, Victoria Amua Amu, Asha Emily Okojie, Angela Aburime-Asom etc. who all didn’t make the final cut.
Ironically, she was also a presidential aspirant on her party’s platform, PRP in the 2023 general election. Unable to make a headway as a presidential aspirant with her manifesto, following claims that Kola Abiola stole her mandate by emerging the presidential candidate of the party during the primary, she is hoping to do so as a gubernatorial aspirant. A graduate of Geography and Regional Studies from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, she also holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Coppin State University, Maryland, USA.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
