By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—COALITION of civil society groups and women from the seven local government councils that make up Edo South senatorial district of Edo State, on the platform of Edo South Liberation Movement, have endorsed the senatorial ambition of the Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Samson Osagie.

Osagie was endorsed at a meeting which was attended by over 279 men, women and youths drawn from 16 civil society organisations.

The communiqué issued by the body and signed by 12 groups, appealed to “delegates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo South senatorial district to cast their votes for Osagie.

“Osagie is APC’s surest way to clinch the Edo South senatorial seat owing to his pedigree, service to his constituents , legislative experience and his popularity which cuts across party lines . Participants consequently resolved to mobilize voters from the seven local government areas of Edo South to support and vote Osagie in the February 2015 National Assembly elections,” it stated.