Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has met with two governors of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a move to strategise against the alleged highhandedness of the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Obaseki has been at loggerheadss with his predecessor over a plot by the latter to deny him a second term as Edo governor.
According to Vanguard, both President Muhammadu Buhari, and APC leader, Bola Tinubu, has asked Obaseki to beg and make peace with his political mentor, Oshiomhole, but to no avail.
The governor enjoys the support of Edo APC chairman, Mr. Anslem Ojezua, but that alone cannot guarantee him re-election ticket in 2020.
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A source close to the governor explained that, “One of the South-South governors led Obaseki to a former governor of the state, where the matter was discussed. It seems likely they will persuade the party’s candidate in the last governorship election in the state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and other leaders to join forces with Obaseki because of his popularity in the state.”
Speaking on the crisis, an APC chieftain and former Political Adviser to Oshiomhole, Charles Idahosa, had warned that if Oshiomhole and his group deny Obaseki second term ticket, he will switch to another party.
“If by error of commission or omission, Obaseki is pushed out of the APC, the party is dead in the state and I will go with the governor to anywhere he goes,” he said.