UPDATED: Obaseki dumps APC over Edo crisis
Embattled Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress .
He also debunked the allegation by the APC details of his credentials were inconsistent, explaining he misplaced their original copies prior to the last governorship election and had deposed to an affidavit for the purpose. “Just here today to inform you that I have now decided, formally, to resign my membership of the All Progressives Congress. Having done that I will now announce in the next few days my specific line of action and what platform I will be contesting the gubernatorial election on.
“What is the inconsistency? There’s no inconsistency in my certificates. The issue was in 2016, when I contested for gubernatorial election, I could not find the originals of my certificates because I hadn’t required them for more than two decades. So I deposed to an affidavit that I couldn’t find the originals.
“When you give authority and responsibility to people who don’t have character, people who do not have finesse, a sense of justice, then that institution is imperilled,” he stressed. “He has not provided a level playing ground even in the selection process, the disqualification process: what is the basis for disqualifying someone like Chris Ogiemwonyi?
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