Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has denied speculation that he would dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
WuzupNigeria reports that Obaseki is seeking a fresh APC ticket ahead of the September governorship election. And while he may have to contest at the primaries for the APC ticket, there are speculation that he has been assured of an automatic ticket by the PDP.
But the Edo State governor who stormed the APC national secretariat on Wednesday to submit his nomination form said he has no such plot to dump the APC.
He said he was determined to win the June 22 primary, no matter the option adopted by the national secretariat under the leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Governor Obaseki is believed to have a preference for indirect primaries as against the direct option chosen by the APC National Working Committee.
He said:
“It is very absurd. I am someone that is very exposed. How can I collect from two parties when we have rulings in past disqualifying people on that. I am a party man to the core. APC is my party because I come from a progressive political family. I believe in the ideals of APC, I believe in our President, I believe in what he stands for so I am a party man to the core. I am not an old-style politician. I represent a new direction of politics that is based on facts and truth, not lies.”
Governor Obaseki justified his aspiration for a fresh mandate as he restated his mission to build on what he has achieved in the south-south state in the last three years.
“Three years is not enough, four years is not enough to crystalise all these reforms and we have all witnesses in Nigeria to have genuine reforms truncated. So, another four years will give me that opportunity to consolidate on what we have done and that is a promise of APC. We are a reformist party, we are a progressive party. That’s why I’m here today to indicate my interest and my desire to run for another term as governors of Edo so that I can continue in the service of my people.”
