“I want to assure all of you that I am prepared to provide leadership.”
The defection of the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki to the People’s Democratic Party ahead of the governorship election has riled some members of the party.
“I want to assure all of you that I am prepared to provide leadership. I am prepared to provide a leadership that will lead this party to victory and I am prepared to provide a leadership that will not only put PDP in office in Edo State but as the ruling party in Edo State.” “It shows he is coming to the party to displace those who have worked for years to build the structure. He is going to plant his people everywhere, thereby suffocating those who have toiled for the party even in opposition,” he said.
Orbih led PDP to win four of the nine House of Representatives slots at the last National Assembly elections. The PDP won two of the three senatorial seats despite facing a ruling party with federal machinery. At the 2016 governorship poll, PDP made a strong statement by garnering 253,173 votes to APC’s 319,483.
They feel Obaseki comes to PDP with a lot of baggage, which made the APC to disqualify him. “Our party feels we will just win by fielding Obaseki as a sitting governor but it is not true. Look, APC knew why they rejected him. “Why? How do I explain that to the people who laboured for me in the past 16 years? Even in the dream, I can’t have such a thought.
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