Edo Decides 2016 Revelation: Anxiety; Arc. Ilenre Austin Emuan aide reveals Stronger Financial Support from an APC Leader and a Billionaire in the South West.

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As the Edo state governorship election draws nearer, there have been apprehensions among APC members over who will finally emerge as the candidate.

Is Arc. Ilenre Austin Emuan, a dreamer or what gives him the confidence? That has been the question on the lips of many observers and APC members in the state.

But for discerning minds, Arc. Emuan is a serious politician, a grassroots mobiliser and a game-changer that knows the arithmetic and calculus of Edo state politics. Those that have close ties with him know him better both in his private and public life. He is a businessman-turned politician. 

It has been a battle of wit among the aspirants, as they up their last minutes consultation, lobby and campaign. Almost all of them had in the last two to three weeks temporarily relocated to the corridors of APC headquarters, Abuja,  state house and party leaders homes  to intensify their lobby and convince the principals on the 'best' approach to elect or select the candidate for the election  which analysts say will determine the future of the APC, not only in Edo state, but also in the South South region.

Also, the leading discussion among the analysts is how the candidate will emerge. While some of the aspirants canvass for a direct primary election, some pitched their tents with Governor Adams Oshiomhole to bring out the APC candidate.

Arc. Emuan has been working and looking ahead of the party's primary election but had argued that it is only a lazy and unpopular aspirant that will be canvassing for consensus or zoning. He believes the party can only get the best candidate from the aspirants through a primary election and promised to work with any aspirant that defeats him in a free and transparent primary.

Arc. Emuan boasts of not just being able to win the ticket, but also the election.

Arc. Emuan also believed to be getting a stronger financial support from an APC billionaire and high profile APC leader in the Southwest, as some of his supporters wear campaign vests with the inscription of the company name of the politician.

Edo central has been at the vanguard of the campaign for the zoning option and has predicated arguments on the fact that the zone has not be given the fair slot to govern like other senatorial districts in the state. To them, it will be in the spirit of fairness, justice and equity that the Edo central produce the next governor.

Perhaps the agitation by politicians from Edo central encouraged a large number of APC members from there to indicate interests to vie for the ticket.

But a school of thought within the party has argued that zoning is desirable but APC should shop for its best material from any part of the state if they are to win the governorship election.