Making the endorsement while playing host to a delegation of Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates, led by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Jonathan Campaign Director in the state, Chief Isekhure said the Oba of Benin gave necessary impetus for Jonathan to run in 2011.
"In fact, he (the Oba) was the one who gave necessary impetus for Jonathan to run. We cannot now turn around and say a new thing. As far as I am concerned, the only candidate I know despite my political affiliation is Jonathan. I will vote for him. If heaven is going to fall, let it fall," he said.
While promising to mobilise all southerners to vote for Jonathan, Chief Isekhure said the president had performed creditably well because no Nigerian leader had faced the kind of challenges he was facing.
"I have not seen a person who has dedicated himself to Nigeria like Jonathan. I am very confident that he has good agenda. Therefore, I will vote for Jonathan more than 110 times. Even though I am of APC, I will not only vote for him, I will also mobilise all the traditional institutions in Benin and elsewhere in the South and I believe he will win.
On the call by Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin, urging the Benins not to vote for Jonathan because he had done nothing for the people of the area, Chief Isekhure said those saying that were wasting their time, saying: "There is no such platform that can tell the people who they should vote for."
Earlier, leader of the delegation and Coordinator, President Jonathan Campaign for Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, told Chief Isekhure that the essence of their visit to his palace was to bring goodwill message from the president to him.
He said the Presidential message was basically to thank Chief Isekhure for the excellent job he did for him four years ago when he mobilised for his election.
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