“Classics and graduated with Second Class Honours, Lower division.”
before the committee screening the credentials of the party’s aspirants for the Edo State governorship election in Abuja.
Ayuba, who spoke to reporters before the start of the screening, assured the party faithful that his team would ensure due diligence in the exercise. He urged journalists to be factual in the reportage of the exercise, cautioning that the committee should not be mistaken for a judicial panel of enquiry that has the final say on the aspirants.
As the screening was going on in Abuja yesterday, the University of Ibadan confirmed that Governor Obaseki graduated from the school in 1979. The source, who pleaded to remain anonymous, disclosed that Obaseki delivered the alumni lecture in August 2008 and named the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof Keye Abiona, as one of his classmates while some of his lecturers, including Mr. Henry, are still in his department.
But in a quick response, a strong source from the party told The Guardian that “with a direct primary, the incumbent cannot retain the party’s ticket for the governorship election.” “Either it is direct or indirect primary, there is going to be voting at the ward level and there are ways to address this since INEC itself has insisted on conducting the election on September 9. What is important is the transparency, free and fair process in the primary.”
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