APC screening unjust, I’ll not appeal, says Obaseki

“One of the questions that was asked was why I issue a gazette that will prevent the party from performing direct elections in Edo, if I not see it as an anti-party activity?”

that disqualified him and two others from participating in the party primary election to pick its candidate for the June 22 governorship election.

The panel, however, cleared Osaro Obazee, Osagie Ize-Iyamu and former deputy governor to Oshiomhole, Dr. Pius Odubu, to vie in the election. He argued that the decision to screen the aspirants was in tandem with the resolve of the party to deepen the tenets of democracy in the country. “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.

News that the governor had been disqualified from contesting the election, which filtered into town around 2pm, did not go down well with his teeming supporters, as many looked forlorn. “It is unfortunate that this open show of shame, illegality and travesty of justice, is the brand of democracy Oshiomhole has reduced the APC into. The situation is quite saddening, because this is a party supposedly reputed for change, equity and social justice.

Oyegun, in a statement by his Public Affairs Adviser, Ray Morphy, said: “The disqualification of Obaseki by the APC screening panel is a hatchet job aimed at installing a stooge that will allow some people unfettered access to Edo treasury. Mayaki, who was Obaseki’s acting Chief Press Secretary in the early days of the administration and now one of his critics, said:

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