Tension is heightening in Edo State as politicians are prepare for primaries and the September 19 this year's governorship poll.
All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirants in Edo State are strategising ahead of the September 19 election. Southsouth Bureau ChiefTension is heightening in Edo State as politicians are prepare for primaries and the September 19 this year’s governorship poll.
The Edo governor was also accused of teaming up with some members of the National Working Committee to forcibly remove Oshiomhole as the party’s helmsman. But, the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel the party’s National Executive Committee meeting, where the decision was to be taken, and the prompt intervention of the National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saved the situation.
The decision to pick the party’s chairman from Edo Central during the recent congress, in the person of Tony Aziegbemi, suggests that the governorship candidate would come from one of the other two zones. Aziegbemi is a former member of the House of Representatives. Observers believe the present state of affairs favour Ogbeide-Ihama to emerge as the PDP flag bearer.
On March 7, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Austin Opara, supervised the PDP’s congress across the 18 local government areas of the state, and on March 8 in Benin. He said whoever emerges as the PDP governorship candidate would win this year’s election in Edo State. On March 23, one of the governorship aspirants on the APC platform, Ize-Iyamu, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Leader Asiwaju Tinubu, APC governors and other stakeholders for foiling the coup against Oshiomhole.
The governorship aspirant also stated that members of the National Working Committee and National Executive Committee , as well as the state chairmen of APC, including Edo State chairman, Col. David Imuse , must also be commended for supporting Oshiomhole at the crucial period. Ize-Iyamu also urged all members of APC in Edo state to remain open to new members, while at ward meetings.
The acting Chairman of Oshiomhole’s faction of APC in Edo, Col. David Imuse , also insisted that he remained in charge of the party’s affairs in the state, following the legitimate removal of the APC chairman loyal to Obaseki, Anselm Ojezua. “Fortunately, the campaign office of President Buhari in Benin for his second term was available. So, we decided to adopt the place as our operational base and new secretariat of Edo APC.”
The Edo APC governorship aspirants, at a news conference in Benin, declared that Obaseki’s attempts to remove his benefactor and immediate predecessor ended in futility.
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