Efforts by the National Chairman of
All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to deny Edo state
Governor, Godwin Obaseki return ticket hit the rock during the weekend as
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu rejected the candidature of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Tinubu, the APC National Leader
reportedly sticks with the incumbent governor after intervention of Progressive
Governors.
Reliable sources at the all night
meeting stated Governor Obaseki will be given return ticket in the interest of
peace and the collective good of APC.
According to Chief Tunde Olagbunsi,
“Tinubu has directed Oshiomhole to look out for another Aspirant with an
unblemished record that should slug it out with the incumbent Governor of Edo
State in order not to lose the election and drawn APC in the State.
“The challenge we are having at the
moment is that it will be very difficult to sell Ize-Iyamu Candidacy to other
leaders of the party because of the verbal exchanges between him and Oshiomhole
in the past”, he declared.
He said the difficulty in supporting
an aspirant that is neither consistent nor reliable against the incumbent
Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki who is also seeking re-election on
the APC platform will be disastrous for the party ahead of the September 19,
2020 Governorship election.
The former governor of Lagos State
however, advised Obaseki and his camp to unite all the warring groups in order
to ensure the party’s victory at the main election.
APC has slated June 22 for the
primary election and pegged nomination form at N22.5million.
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