Obaseki Has No Intention of Leaving APC – Aide

Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has denied reports that he is planning to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC). 

Obaseki, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Political and Community Matters, Osaro Idah said the report published on July 16, 2019 edition of the Vanguard newspaper was the handiwork of detractors. 

The statement reads in part 

 “Our attention has been drawn to a news item published on page 12 of Vanguard edition of July 16, 2019, stating that Governor Godwin Obaseki met with two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, to strategise on a fresh platform to run for re-election, should the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole deny him the APC gubernatorial ticket.

“Media houses and members of the public should be wary of stories like this planted by detractors of the governor and the Edo State Chapter of the APC. These persons are threatened by the wide acceptance and support which the governor enjoys from his people.

“We state categorically that Governor Obaseki has no intention of leaving the APC, where he has firm support at the state level and across all local governments, wards and units of the party.

“In Edo State, the governor’s popularity within the party and across the state is overwhelming and the few deviant troublemakers within Edo APC and their sponsors in Abuja are warned to desist from the irresponsible act of trying to cause trouble in their own home while seeking refuge elsewhere.”