• Says PDP Failed to Provide Amenities, Security

• Safiu Kehinde

Popular Nollywood Actress, Mercy Johnson, has endorsed Edo state’s All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, as she was spotted campaigning for the party’s candidate, Monday Okpebholo.

As seen in a viral video on X, Mercy Johnson canvassed for Okphebolo with the crowd jeering her.

The actress lamented over the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) failure to provide amenities and security for Edo people as she addressed the APC supporters in pidgin.

“No light, no water, no good healthcare, no security, no good road. Una never tire?

“This campaign na operation one man tell the other, one woman tell the other.

“My mother-in-law always say the thing wey we carry na our husbands and children. On Saturday 21st na time for us to prove am” The actress said.

Edo governorship election is set to hold in the 21st of September 2024 with both major contending parties, the APC and PDP, playing blame games.

NPO Reports Edo APC’s chieftain, Adam Oshiomole’s accusation of incumbent governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, and PDP’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, of over $100 million alleged World Bank fraud.

On their part, PDP refused to sign the Peace Accord on Thursday as they accused the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and at APC for alleged plot of violence and harrasment against their members.