overnor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has lashed back at the chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, telling him that he cannot extend his political empire to Edo.
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said in a statement that the former Lagos State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cannot extend his political empire to Edo State as the people of the state are determined to end the godfatherism.
The statement issued in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Tuesday, Osagie said the, “Our attention has been drawn to a television broadcast in which a former Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his quest to extend his political dominance and empire to Edo State, decided to take over the role of Edo people to choose through the ballot who to govern them for the next four years.”
The governor orchestrated the suspension of Oshiomhole from the party at the ward level. In retaliation, Oshiomhole ensured that Obaseki did not clinch the governorship ticket of the APC and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu emerged as the winner of the primary.
The crisis in the Edo State chapter of the APC and the multiple court rulings on Oshiomhole’s suspension snowballed into a national crisis that culminated in the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), dissolving the National Working Committee of the APC causing Oshiomhole to lose his position.
