Obaseki's disqualification not hindering second term - Edo APC chairman

Edo state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Anselm Ojezua, say the state Governor Godwin Obaseki’s disqualification by the APC, will not debar the governor from seeking re-election and winning a second term.

Ojezua also called for calm over the disqualification of Obaseki from the party’s governorship primary.

“They didn’t say he will not contest the election but that he will not contest under the platform of the APC.

“By tomorrow, we will meet and be in a position to make a proper statement on what the future holds for the party in Edo State,” Mr Ojezua was quoted as saying by Mr Obaseki’s aide, Crusoe Osagie, in a statement.

Ojezua’s statement is the closest indication yet that Obaseki will defect to a new party to seek re-election. 

There have however been rumours he would defect to the main opposition party, PDP.

According to reports, the screening committee of the APC, in Abuja on Friday afternoon, disqualified Obaseki and two others from participating in the party’s governorship primary, on the grounds that they are not fit to contest.

Governor Obaseki, who has been having a longrunning feud with his predecessor and APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has said he will not appeal the decision.

He blamed Oshiomhole for the disqualification