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  • Edo 2020: I am yet to move to a new party– Obaseki

    Edo 2020: I am yet to move to a new party– Obaseki

    Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, announced on Wednesday that he has not moved to a new party yet.

    The governor, who made this known via his Twitter handle, said his priority at the moment is to limit the spread of the life-threatening coronavirus disease.

     

    He wrote, “I have not moved to a new platform yet to seek re-election. My focus now is to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which is ravaging our country and threatening our healthcare system. Stay safe.”

     

    TheNewsGuru recalls that Obaseki dumped the All Progressives Congress following his disqualification from the June 22 governorship primary in the state.

     

    He announced the decision to State House correspondents after a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.

     

    The governor said he would pursue his ambition for second term in office on the platform of another political party.

     

    “I have officially resigned my membership of the All Progressives Congress after meeting with the CoS to President Buhari, Ibrahim Gambari. We shall continue the battle to protect the interest of Edo people and sustain good governance in the state,” he tweeted after the meeting.

     

  • Obaseki’s Deputy, Shaibu leaves APC, states why

    Obaseki’s Deputy, Shaibu leaves APC, states why

    Philip Shaibu, Deputy Governor of Edo State has followed in the stead of his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki in resigning membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Announcing his resignation from the APC on Tuesday, Shaibu said he is leaving the party as a result of the reckless and absolute lawlessness of Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the party.

    In a statement, he said the APC has been hijacked for personal and selfish interests of Oshiomhole.

    The statement reads, “It is with great pain that I am leaving the All Progressive Congress (APC), I helped and labored to build as a result of the reckless and absolute lawlessness of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole –the suspended National Chairman of APC.

    “His undemocratic and dictatorial tendencies exhibited at all times have become intolerable.

    “The APC has been hijacked for some Personal and selfish interests of an individual, comerade Adams Oshiomhole.

    “The height of it all was his highhandedness and intolerant conduct at the APC screening exercise.

    “I believe that the President of our great country will be very sad at this development but I am left with no other choice than to take my political destiny in my hands. Hence, my resignation from the party”.

  • PDP in emergency session over Obaseki

    PDP in emergency session over Obaseki

    Critical stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are holding an emergency meeting, barely four hours after, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki formally dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC.

    TheNewsGuru.com, reliably gathered that the essence of the emergency session may not be unconnected to the latest move by Obaseki who formally resigned from APC barely four hours ago.

    A source privy to this development told TNG that “anytime from now the embattled Governor will formally obtain his PDP card from his ward 4 in Oredo Federal Constituency in Edo State.

    “He has met with President Muhamnadu Buhari, Governor Nyesom Wike and other critical stakeholders and he has formally left APC so anytime from now we should be expecting him to join the PDP guber race.

    “From all indications, to create room for more negotiations, the PDP may write INEC to shift its primaries from June 23 to another date,the source added.

     

    More details soon…

  • Obaseki opens up after resigning from APC

    Obaseki opens up after resigning from APC

    Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said the battle to protect the interest of Edo people and sustain good governance in the State will continue.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Obaseki stated this on Tuesday shortly after officially resigning his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    It was gathered that the Edo State Governor was not able to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari himself.

    Obaseki, however, said he met with Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President.

    “I have officially resigned my membership of the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) after meeting with the CoS to @MBuhari.

    “We shall continue the battle to protect the interest of Edo people and sustain good governance in the state,” Obaseki stated.

    Recall that a screening committee of the APC had disqualified Obaseki from contesting the party’s gubernatorial primary billed to hold on June 22.

    Following the disqualification, Obaseki started consultations with his supporters. He had said he would be making his next move known after he met with President Buhari.

  • BREAKING: Obaseki resigns from APC

    BREAKING: Obaseki resigns from APC

    Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has officially resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Obaseki announced his resignation on Tuesday, following a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The meeting was held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to several sources at the Villa, the meeting ended on a bad note.

    As the Governor was leaving the President’s office at the Villa, he told State House correspondents he was no longer member of the APC.

    Recall that a screening committee of the APC had disqualified Obaseki from contesting the party’s gubernatorial primary billed to hold on June 22.

    Following the disqualification, Obaseki started consultations with his supporters. He had said he would be making his next move known after he met with President Buhari.

  • Edo 2020: Stop blaming Oshiomhole over Obaseki’s disqualification-Edo APC chieftain

    Edo 2020: Stop blaming Oshiomhole over Obaseki’s disqualification-Edo APC chieftain

    …says he’s simply avoiding Bayelsa legal debacle

    …he’s still having sllepless nights on that issue

    A top chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo state has pleaded with Edolites to stop blaming Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over the disqualification of Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki as he is simply trying to avoid the Bayelsa legal debacle.

    The APC chieftain who spoke under the condition of anonymity to Thenewsguru. com said:

    “We should stop blaming the comrade over Obaseki’s disqualification because the Bayelsa legal debacle is still haunting him till date.

    “He received all the blames as the chairman of APC because it was largely believed the party didn’t do a proper screening which made us lose the state to opposition.

    “As a right thinking party loyalist do you expect him to fall into the same legal pitfall that made APC to lose a Niger Delta state.

    The chieftain explained that ” all the documents submitted by Obaseki had question marks and some critics felt it should be overlooked a second time.

    “If he allows it and the opposition this time around decide to apply the Bayelsa formula through the courts, who will receive the highest blame, is it not the comrade, he wondered.

    “The affidavits he submitted were not in tandem with his credentials, for his HSC he simply attached a testimonial from Institute of Continuing Education, ICE and you want the party to overlook all these discrepancies.

    “We can’t continue to progress in error as the party cannot afford to lose Edo to the opposition and remember it’s only the state we have in this region.

    “At this stage, caution is the torchlight the comrade is holding to avoid embarrassing legal pitfalls because the party would hold him responsible.

    Recall that another party chieftain, former Governor of Edo state, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor had recently told party members in a statement to with caution to avoid legal pitfalls that could rubbish the party.

    Osunbor had advised all the warring party men to embrace peace before the primaries scheduled for June 22.

    The Professor of Law who is also a member of the APC national Caucus explained that:

    “The crisis in Edo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) which has simmered for about two years now threatens to boil over as we draw closer to the Party’s Gubernatorial primaries on June 22. This portends disastrous consequences for the Party and the people of Edo State unless it is resolved promptly before the primaries.

    “Given my position in the Party I have made efforts outside of public glare towards bringing about reconciliation by speaking to the two leading protagonists, the National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and His Excellency the Governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki as well as some of their supporters.

    “I also tried to rally some elders of the Party from the State to broker peace. It is common knowledge that our revered royal father, His Royal Majesty the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II made his own efforts including appealing to our President Mohammadu Buhari to help broker peace among these two illustrious sons of Edo State.

    ” It is also believed that their mutual friend Dr. Aliko Dangote made repeated efforts at reconciliation to no avail. So did a number of others that I know.

    When therefore the National Caucus of the party resolved at its meeting of 21 November 2019 to institute a National Reconciliation Committee to address the crises in various states of the Federation, which resolution was upheld by a decision of the National Executive Committee of the party the following day, there seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel.

    ” However, this has not happened till date as the National Reconciliation Committee which was reconstituted in February 2020 has not yet completed its assignment.

    “There is now a chance that the Committee may be confronted with a fait accompli and overtaken by events if the Edo primaries (and guber elections) are held before it concludes its assignment.

    “That would be tantamount to medicine after death. It will be extremely risky and ill-advised for the party to conduct its primaries, talk less of going into the governorship election bitterly divided; hence it has become urgent and compelling to hasten the process of reconciliation of all aggrieved persons without further delay.

    “The reason that reconciliation is imperative is that if the Party conducts rancorous primaries and goes into the governorship elections divided, winning will become more difficult than it should be ordinarily, given the weakness of the opposition in the State.

    “Even if the APC candidate wins the election the victory will be tenuous because of the threat of litigation that is almost certain to follow. This is why we must as a party tread with caution.

  • Gov. Obaseki vows to fight off persons hellbent on mortgaging Edo State

    Gov. Obaseki vows to fight off persons hellbent on mortgaging Edo State

    Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo says his government will continue to align with the people to fight off “those hellbent on mortgaging the State’s patrimony for the benefit of a handful of persons”.

    The governor, in his Democracy Day address, said that the commemoration was remarkable as it was a humble reminder of how far the country had gone in the quest to determine a collective destiny as one entity propelled by the common zeal.

    “As a nation, we shall continue to thrive and live better, fulfilling lives,” he said.

    He said that celebrating Nigeria’s Democracy Day on June 12, in honour of late M. K. O. Abiola, was a show of appreciation for the sacrifices that had continued to define Nigeria democratic experience as a nation.

    “Democracy Day is, for us, of remarkable significance. Our drive to sustain democracy since 1999 is expressed through the continuous dialogue we engage in as a people as we seek for solutions to our developmental challenges and chart new courses of progress with determination and unwavering zest.”

    He noted that there was no denying that democracy had allowed active participation of everyone in society in choosing leaders to articulate and advance national development.

    Obaseki spoke further: “In Edo, government at all levels will continue to extend the democratic dividend to the greatest majority of the people; we shall also ensure that the policies, programmes and projects make desired impact in people’s lives.

    “The lessons learnt from our democratic journey continue to strengthen our resolve to fight off those who are hellbent on mortgaging our patrimony and short-changing the majority of our people for the benefit of a handful of persons.

    “I urge Edo people, Nigerians and friends of our dear country to continue to support efforts to make the people the major stakeholders and benefactors in the process of governance,” he added.

  • BREAKING: Intrigues in Edo as Council vice chairman resigns

    BREAKING: Intrigues in Edo as Council vice chairman resigns

    Intrigues have continued to occasion the Edo State Governorship election as another political office holder in the State has resigned.

    The Vice Chairman of Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo, Mrs Maureen Ekharagbon, has resigned her position in the council.

    In a letter dated June 10, Ekharagbon said her resignation was on grounds of administrative, governance and political reasons.

    Her resignation letter was copied to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, Local Government Service Commission and All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Ekharagbon said, “I tender my resignation based on administrative, political and governance grounds as politics and governance are inextricably connected.

    “I want to use this opportunity to thank Governor Godwin Obaseki for the opportunity to serve and also the Chairman of the Council, Mr Scott Ogbemudia.

    “I am grateful to the people of Ovia North East Local Government at large and the leadership of the APC under which platform I was elected.”

    Heer resignation brings to three, individuals that have resigned from their various posts in the state within the last few weeks.

    The Chief of Staff to the governor, Mr Taiwo Akerele and the Commissioner for Communications and Strategy, Mr Paul Ohonbamu, had earlier tendered their resignations.

    Edo is preparing for gubernatorial elections that will hold in September.

  • Edo 2020: All political parties must obey govt gazette in conduct of primary elections – Shaibu

    Edo 2020: All political parties must obey govt gazette in conduct of primary elections – Shaibu

    The Edo State Government has reiterated that all political parties in the state must obey the regulations spelt out in its gazette, aimed at curtailing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), in the conduct of their primary elections ahead of the September gubernatorial election in the state.

    The Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, made the call while receiving his Bayelsa State counterpart, Sen. Lawrence Ehwujakpo, who is in the state for his party, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) ward congresses.

    Shaibu, who commended the PDP for following the guidelines in the gazette, urged all other political parties to follow suit as the regulations will help in curtailing the spread of COVID-19 and keep Edo people safe.

    “We got a letter from your party, the PDP, requesting to make use of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium for its primary election. Governor Godwin Obaseki approved the request because the party obeyed the rules and regulations set by the Edo State Government.

    “I therefore use this opportunity to tell other political parties to obey the gazette in the state, which is now a law. Just as you have obeyed, we are asking and calling on other political parties to obey the law. Any political party that disobeys the law will not hold its primary election in the state as the gazette must be respected.”

    He continued: “The life of Edo people is more important than the political ambition of any politician or wishes of political parties. We need to be alive to play politics; we need to live to vote and be voted for in the election. The rules to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the gazette must be strictly followed to keep Edo people safe at this period.”

    Shaibu commended the Bayelsa State Government for the unity, progress and development the people are enjoying, noting that the Governor Godwin Obaseki led-state government is also ardently pursuing the development and progress of the state.

    “Development does not have a political party, neither does progress. But parties exist to act as vehicles to actualize the wishes of the people in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    “We would fight for the development and progress of Edo State. No element or person will stop our progress because Edo people come first in the agenda of this administration. We will stand against anything that will stop progress and development in the state,” he added.

    The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Ehwujakpo commended the developmental strides of the Obaseki-led administration, assuring of his state’s continued support for the progress in Edo State.

    “We associate ourselves with progress and development. Your administration is fighting to ensure that the development of the state continues, which is commendable,” he added.

  • Edo: Gov. Fintiri chairs PDP Ward Congresses Electoral C’ttee

    Edo: Gov. Fintiri chairs PDP Ward Congresses Electoral C’ttee

    Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa will chair the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ward Congresses Electoral Committee for the Edo governorship scheduled for Tuesday.

    The party’s National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

    Akobundu said that the nomination of the party members and leaders to serve as members of the ward congresses electoral committee was approved by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC).

    “The mandate of the committee is to elect three Ad-Hoc delegates in the 192 wards of the state for the upcoming governorship election.

    “The exercise is scheduled for Tuesday June 9 across the state,” Akobundu said.

    Other members of the committee are; Gov. Diri Douye of Bayelsa; Mrs Mobolaji Lamuye, Hon. Chukwuka Onyema and Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as Secretary.