A drowning man is desperate for survival, and acts desperately. This is the lesson of the developing political drama in Edo State, with Governor Godwin Obaseki as the central character.
Obaseki had convinced eight other All Progressives Congress governors to go with him to a meeting with an influential leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the State House, Marina, Lagos, on May 31.
After the first failure, the next day, a group of APC governors, this time without Obaseki, met with their party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, at the APC national secretariat in Abuja. The question of the type of primary election for Edo State was on the front burner. “As a father of the country, as our president I should not just assume or take things for granted – I have to come to inform him and solicit his support in my gubernatorial bid, and the president was quite warm and quite welcoming.
His next move further showed his desperation. He chose Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu , Simon Lalong and Senator Ehigie Uzamere to work out a peace deal with 14 elected state lawmakers who had been excluded from the activities of the House of Assembly since January. Only 10 members of the 24-member legislature, loyal to Obaseki, were inaugurated in June last year; and the others had been sidelined.
“In a statement, the governor said the constitution of the reconciliation committee is part of moves to restore harmony and peace in the state chapter of the APC.”
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