Edo Gubernatorial Election, Obaseki Fears Re-Election Under APC

The Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki said his re-election under the All Progressives Congress (APC) party is narrowed because of the interest of the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.

Obaseki said this on Wednesday while addressing a news conference after he was screened by the seven-member screening committee headed by Prof. Jonathan Ayuba at the party National Secretariat in Abuja.

The governor alleged that some of the questions asked by the committee showed that the APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole had not distanced himself from the process of conducting gubernatorial primaries in the state.

“Like I said, as a party man I have gone through the screening process but I do not believe that I will get justice because Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is an interested party in the Edo process.

“One of the questions that was asked was that why did I issue a gazette that will prevent the party from performing direct elections in Edo.

“That did I not see it as an anti-party activity? I just felt that if we put politics above the lives of the people of Edo State, then we may be missing the point,” he said.

He recalled that when he came to the party’s National Secretariat to submit his nomination form, he told a news conference that Oshiomhole should distance himself from the process.

“The last time I came here, I asked that Oshiomhole should recluse himself from the process in the interest of peace and justice.

“But as a party man, I have had to go through the screening like everybody else.

“Since he is the judge and the jury in this matter, I will just wait for the outcome of the screening.

“I have given them all the information they need; the controversial certificate from the University of Ibadan has been tendered,” he said.