Tag: Edo 2020
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Edo 2020: How repeated attempts by Buhari to settle Oshiomhole, Obaseki rift failed – Presidency
The Presidency has revealed how repeated attempts by President Muhammadu Buhari to broker peace between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his erstwhile godfather and successor, Adams Oshiomhole failed. According to presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, Buhari did all he could as a democrat to settle the rifts but both warring sides were unwilling to shift grounds. Adesina…
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Edo 2020: Obaseki disqualified by someone without certificate – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reacted to the disqualification of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from contesting in the All Progressives Congress’ primaries slated for June 22. In a tweet on Monday, Wike, mocked the APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, whom he did not mention by name but referred to with the certificate…
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Edo 2020: The dilemma of Edo Central people, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon It’s official. Governor Godwin Obaseki will not contest on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020 governorship poll in Edo State. The party has disqualified him from the June 22 primaries, and he’s accepted his fate. Speculations indicate the governor may decamp to the opposition Peoples…
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Edo 2020: Of godfatherism and independent candidacy, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has re-litigated the decades-old internecine battles between political godfathers and godsons across the country, and the need to provide for independent candidacy in the constitution. The introduction of independent candidacy will guarantee that aspirants are not beholden to godfathers’…
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Edo 2020: I challenge you to open debate on moral uprightness, Obaseki’s deputy, Shaibu tells Oshiomhole, Ize-Iyamu, others
Apparently peeved by the way things are unfolding ahead of Edo All Progressives Congress, APC primaries, Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu has challenged National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Osagie Ize-Iyamu and other governorship aspirants in Edo State to an open debate on moral uprightness and service delivery. Shaibu who has since turned his back on his…
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Edo 2020: Why Obaseki does not deserve second term – APC guber aspirant
An aspirant in the forth coming Edo State Governorship election under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Engineer Chris Ogiemwonyi has said that Governor Godwin Obaseki should not be allowed again to fly the party’s flag during the September 19 election. He said the governor was foisted on the state in 2016 through the…
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Edo 2020: No respite for Obaseki as Oshiomhole insists on Direct APC primaries
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress(APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted on direct primary to pick Edo Governorship candidate on June 22. He stated this after a meeting with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) and Governors elected under on the platform of the party. The Chairman disclosed this after the meeting, which…
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Edo 2020: The hoopla around direct primaries, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The June 22, 2020 primaries for the ticket of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is emerging as a repeat of the 2016 contest between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Both were major competitors at the off-season poll of that year, with Obaseki flying the flag…
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Edo 2020: No man can stop me from returning as governor, Obaseki boasts
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said no man can stop him from being governor for a second term in the state. Obaseki is having a running battle with his godfather and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole’s faction of the party, had on Tuesday night endorsed the candidacy…
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Edo 2020: Heightening the macabre dance, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has got to a stage to ask: Have Governor Godwin Obaseki’s camp and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s faction played their last cards? Do they have aces in hand (or up their sleeves)? If they had played their last cards, the…