Osaigbovo Iyoha, Special Adviser on Political Matters to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the governor’s supporters have been celebrating since the All Progressives Congress announced his disqualification from the June 22 governorship primary in the state.
Iyoha said his principal will reveal the platform on which he will contest the September 19 governorship election in the state “very soon”.
Iyoha, who spoke on Channels Television‘s Sunday Politics, stressed that Obaseki will participate in the election, saying, “When the landlord of a building and owner of the Certificate of Occupancy says he no longer wants you in his house, what can you do? You have to seek accommodation elsewhere. So, for us, the National Chairman of our party has exercised his powers to the fullest.
“At this time, we are liaising with our people, talking with our leaders and the stakeholders in the party, and very soon, in the next couple of days, we will be able to come up with a decision and we will let Nigerians know.”
When asked whether the governor is leaving the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, the aide said, “Since this news broke some days ago, it’s not as if we didn’t expect this – the governor mentioned it that he knew the process was already hijacked immediately the committee that was supposed to screen the certificates started asking questions about how he is supposed to run the state, he knew that the process was already hijacked.
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