{"id":170637,"date":"2025-07-21T21:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:10:35","slug":"labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race","title":{"rendered":"Labour Party Selects Paul Okojie for Edo Central Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Labour Party, LP, in Edo State has selected Paul Okojie as its flagbearer for the forthcoming National Assembly by-election in the Edo Central Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>Okojie emerged as the party\u2019s candidate following a unanimous voice vote by accredited delegates at the party\u2019s primary. The seat became vacant after Monday Okpebholo, the former occupant, assumed office as Governor of Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, Okojie expressed confidence in securing victory at the polls, stressing that the people of Edo Central deserve strong and vocal representation in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m confident of winning. We\u2019re taking our campaign directly to the grassroots, where the people will ultimately decide. Edo Central is in need of a senator who will boldly speak up and champion their interests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented the lack of federal presence in the region and the absence of impactful representation in recent years. According to him, he is determined to reverse that trend if elected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor too long, the voices of our people have been muted in the Senate. We\u2019ve had senators who failed to speak up or attract meaningful development. That needs to change, and I\u2019m ready to lead that transformation,\u201d Okojie added.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed the influence of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the race, describing their candidates as beatable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not intimidated by the APC or PDP. What matters is the quality of the candidate, and I believe I\u2019m the right choice. I don\u2019t have a political godfather, but I have the people, and that\u2019s all the support I need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Labour Party, LP, in Edo State has selected Paul Okojie as its flagbearer for the forthcoming National Assembly by-election in the Edo Central Senatorial District. Okojie emerged as the party\u2019s candidate following a unanimous voice vote by accredited delegates at the party\u2019s primary. The seat became vacant after Monday Okpebholo, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[443,3634,254,18107],"class_list":["post-170637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-edo","tag-labour-party","tag-nigeria","tag-paul-okojie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labour Party Selects Paul Okojie for Edo Central Race - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Labour Party, LP, in Edo State has selected Paul Okojie as its flagbearer for the forthcoming National Assembly by-e ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Labour Party Selects Paul Okojie for Edo Central Race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Labour Party, LP, in Edo State has selected Paul Okojie as its flagbearer for the forthcoming National Assembly by-e ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T20:56:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T22:10:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753123320.232297.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"689\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Labour Party Selects Paul Okojie for Edo Central Race\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T20:56:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T22:10:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753123320.232297.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo\",\"Labour Party\",\"Nigeria\",\"Paul Okojie\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/labour-party-selects-paul-okojie-for-edo-central-race\",\"name\":\"Labour Party Selects Paul Okojie for Edo Central Race - 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