“With the way things are going, I can tell you that the strategy is working in his favour.” Edo2020 Nigeria Edo
Going by the subsisting timetable announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission , the commission is expected to publish the notice of the election on June 1, 2020 in line with Section 30 of the Electoral Act, 2010 . That would pave the way for the 18 INEC-recognised political parties to collect Forms, EC9B from the commission’s headquarters for distribution to the parties’ aspirants.
Recent checks by The Guardian revealed that instead of distracting or diminishing Obaseki’s clout, the political supremacy battle has opened the governor to latent alliances and possibilities. Members of the other camp may have thought that being a ‘neophyte’, a battle against the incumbent would end up in a humbling encounter for him.
Divided into 10 against 14, the lawmakers-elect loyal to Oshiomhole boasted of their superior numerical strength and sold the impression that with the former labour leader’s position as national chairman, it was but a question of time before Obaseki would be forced on his knees, begging for rapprochement.WHAT became Obaseki’s battle cry was his claim that godfatherism was at play, and that Oshiomhole had handed him the short end of the stick.
Members of the Edo Peoples Movement loyal to Oshiomhole were said to have gone to town with tales of a possible defection by the governor from APC to PDP shortly after the meeting between Obaseki and some PDP sympathizers . But, an APC chieftain of from Auchi told The Guardian in confidence last week that the political arrangement with PDP did not envisage the crossover of the governor.
Having joined APC, Ize-Iyamu was said to have received assurances from APC stakeholders, especially former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Oshiomhole, that his return to the party would earn him the party’s ticket to re-contest the governorship after his spirited showing in 2016. Speaking on the issue of waiver, as well as the preparedness of PDP to engage in competitive gubernatorial poll come September 19, the state chairman, Aziegbemi said: “We are very ready and thinking through the processes, we expect the process to be well managed.”
A top member of APC National Working Committee disclosed that despite the fact that the former PDP governorship candidate returned to APC recently, the division within the Edo State chapter does not help his cause. At a point before his return to APC, it was speculated that either of Chris Ogienwonyi and Charles Airhiavbere, was being favoured by Oshiomhole to supplant Obaseki as APC candidate for the 2020 governorship. It was based on that optimism that Airhiavbere was said to have supervised the movement of the 14 absentee lawmakers-elect to Abuja “to await favourable developments for their swearing into office.
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