Dailytrust is reporting that the Edo State governor Mr Godwin
Obaseki arrived at the presidential villa on Monday, 1 June, 2020 to meet with
President Muhammadu Buhari as the
state prepares to go to the polls in
September.
The visit is believed
to be aimed at seeking the president’s intervention in the political conflict
between Obaseki and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Adams Oshiomhole.
The rift
between Obaseki and his predecessor made headlines in 2019 as both men fought
for control over the party affairs in the state.
The feud
between the Obaseki and Oshiomhole has polarised the party in Edo State. Last
Tuesday, the faction loyal to Oshiomhole endorsed Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, as
its consensus candidate for the June 22 governorship primary election of the
party. Ize-Iyamu, widely seen as the preferred candidate of Oshiomhole, will
now slug it out with Obaseki at the primary.
He was the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate in the 2016 gubernatorial election
and only returned to APC in December, 2019. However, some governors and their
trusted allies said whether using direct or indirect primary mode to elect a
candidate, they will ensure Obaseki picks the APC ticket and win the September
governorship election.
Meanwhile,
several governors in the APC are holding a meeting with the Oshiomhole in the
party secretariat to try to mend fences between the duo.
The Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, announced that the Edo governorship
election will hold on September 19, 2020.
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