The Nation gathered that following fears that the Obaseki camp may stop at nothing to get Ize-Iyamu out of the way even if he wins the primary election, it was decided that a fallback position must be created by the pro-Oshiomhole group...
that will lead to the emergence of the party’s governorship candidate ahead of the gubernatorial election billed to hold in the state in September. Following the frosty relationship between incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki and former Governor Adams Oshiomhle, who is now the National Chairman of the APC; the struggle for the party’s 2020 guber ticket has been fierce from the very beginning.
Obaseki has long declared his desire to seek another term in office before finally obtaining a nomination form during the week. He is being challenged by five other chieftains of his party for the gubernatorial ticket. The development climaxed months of raging political battle amidst claims that some prominent leaders of the party in the state are poised to stop the governor’s re-election bid on account of his disregard for the party and its leaders in his current term.
Justice Emmanuel Ahamioje, the presiding judge who failed to grant the exparte motion of the plaintiffs, however, adjourned the matter to June 17, for the hearing of the substantive case. Ahamioje adjourned the case following the objections to the granting of the plaintiffs’ exparte motion by Henry Ogbodu and West Ehigie Idahosa, counsel to the defendants.
But checks by The Nation suggest that the decision of some of the unexpected aspirants to remain in the race may not be without the consent of their various factions. According to a reliable party source, “these are actually part of the strategies being deployed to ensure that we leave nothing to chance in the forthcoming political battle. We have discovered that the people we are up against have a lot of tricks up their sleeves and we don’t want to be caught unawares.
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