EDO STATE GOVERNOR, GODWIN OBASEKI LEAVES APC AFTER HE WAS DISQUALIFIED FROM PARTAKING IN THE PRIMARIES

Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress.

Before he announced his decision, Obaseki met with Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking with journalists at the presidential villa, Obaseki has promised that he would pursue his second-term bid on another platform.

On June 14, the governor said he would disclose his next step after meeting with the president following his disqualification from the All Progressives Congress primary election in Edo.

Jonathan Ayuba, chairman of the APC screening committee for the Edo governorship poll, said the panel disqualified Obaseki over a defective certificate.

Rumours have began making the rounds that PDP may be the governor’s next stop as the party had been waiting in the wings for the APC crisis to boil over so that it can provide a platform for him.

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, had asked Obaseki to join the PDP, and making way for him to get the party’s ticket.

The governor met with Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, and Emmanuel Udom, Akwa Ibom governor, (both members of the PDP) at the weekend.

Obaseki had been at loggerheads with Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the APC who supported him in 2016.

Oshiomhole is believed to be backing Osagie Ize-Iyamu who was cleared to contest the APC primary election in Edo.