Ahead of the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Kenneth Imansuangbon has joined the Labour Party (LP).
Politics Nigeria had earlier reported that Imansuangbon recently resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Imansuangbon, while being presented with the membership card of his new party by the National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, on Friday, June 9, in Abuja, called for a free and fair primary election.
He said:
“All that I need is a free and fair primary. With that, I will get the ticket of the party. When I get the ticket, it is over for the PDP and the All Progressives Congress.
“PDP is dead. I have taken the glory away; the shine. By 2024, the Labour Party will form a government in Edo State.”
Imansuangbon, popularly known as ‘Rice Man’ is the Chairman of Pace Setters Group of Schools.
He is known for his generosity to the people of Edo due to his distribution of rice to residents during festive periods.