Ize-Iyamu was among the 23 aspirants purportedly screened out of contesting the party’s primary elections by a Professor Julius Ihonvbere-led committee in Abuja.
Speaking at Benin Airport while addressing supporters and chieftains from the three senatorial districts in the State that came to welcome him, he alleged that his exclusion from contesting the party’s primaries was orchestrated by those afraid of his person and popularity.
According widespread reports, the Julius Ihonvbere-led screening committee had cleared six aspirants and dropped 23 others as not eligible to contest the Party’s primaries.
