The quartet of Ize-Iyamu, Airhiavbere, Ogiemwonyi, and Odubu are currently a united block against Obaseki even though they have personal ambitions to get the APC ticket. They are former enemies who are now united with a common agenda to stop Obaseki
writes on the impending contest for the governorship ticket of the ruling party.
Oshiomhole, on his part, refused to accede to Ize-Iyamu’s request and picked Odubu in his second term but did not find him a worthy successor. Ize-Iyamu and Odubu also engage in political leadership tussle in Orhionmwon where both of them hail from. It was when Ize-Iyamu saw that the arrangement would not favour him that he left for the PDP. He was made former President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Director in Edo State.
Airhiavbere is also the ‘oldest’ contender among those gunning for the APC ticket. He first contested against Oshiomhole in 2012 but lost the election. He defected to the APC after the PDP lost power in the state. Airhiavbere contested again in 2016 but lost at the primaries to Obaseki. Odubu, a former deputy governor, first served as a member of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2007. He came second in the APC governorship primaries in 2016.
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