Governor Monday Okpebholo has stated he will resign if President Bola Tinubu fails to secure 3.5 million votes in Edo during the 2027 presidential election.

He made this declaration in an interview on TVC, emphasising that the All Progressives Congress is well-prepared to achieve a decisive victory for Mr. Tinubu in the upcoming polls.

Mr. Okpebholo also mentioned that the people of Edo are eager to re-elect Mr. Tinubu as a gesture of gratitude.

“If you will vote for me, they will first vote for President Tinubu. We promised 3.5 million votes, and we are not joking about it. When I say everybody should be wearing Asiwaju Tinubu’s cap…(sic), there’s no difference between me and Asiwaju because anybody who does not love Asiwaju will not love me.

“Asiwaju is our father. He’s everywhere on the street. He (Tinubu) is even more popular than me here in Edo now. You will see the result that we come out of Edo because there’s no opposition here.

“Everybody is for Asiwaju. The people will thank him with the votes. If he’d not win, I’d resign. I’m a politician. I understudy Chief Anineh, and my style of politics is not thuggery. It’s grassroots,” he said.

According to Mr. Okpebholo, the mobilisation efforts across the 18 local government areas boost the party's confidence in a landslide win in the upcoming general election.

Mr. Okpebholo also criticised his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, claiming he left behind “poor records” that have distanced him from the people.

“Let him come here. Anytime he comes to Edo…where he is, he will be listening to me now. Let him come. I’m not fighting him, but it is the record that will show whether he should come or not. He can’t come to Edo.

“His poor record will not make him come. When children can stand to pray for me, no child would stand on the street to pray for Obaseki. No mother on the street will pray for Obaseki,” the Edo governor said.