Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has started that he will not appeal his disqualification from contesting the All Progressives Congress, (APC) gubernatorial primaries.
Obaseki was disqualified by the party on Friday, June 12.
In a statement by Mr. Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Obaseki said: “We have watched the mockery of a democratic process, which Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is administering and superintending over in our great party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“It has been an unfortunate, disheartening, and dreadful spectacle.
“We had initially asserted that going by the open display and enthronement of illegality by one man in the party that comprises several organs and eminent personalities, there is no way that Governor Godwin Obaseki would get a fair assessment in the run-up to the nomination of candidates to fly the flag of the party in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial election.
“It is unfortunate that this open show of shame, illegality, and travesty of justice is the brand of democracy which Comrade Oshiomhole has reduced the APC into. The situation is quite saddening because this is a party supposedly reputed for change, equity, and social justice.
“We have, therefore, decided that it would be efforts in futility to appeal whatever the unjust outcome of the evaluation and screening process of the APC will be, especially when Comrade Oshiomhole has declared that he is the Supreme Court and ultimate determiner of the fate and future of our great party.
“We wish Oshiomhole luck in his maladministration of the party and trust that the Almighty will help our country to find the path to true liberty, freedom, and justice.
“We call on all party members and the teeming supporters of Governor Obaseki to remain calm and await further directives.
“Long live Edo State. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Recall that the governor and the national chairman of the party Oshiomhole have been at loggerheads for the soul of the party in Edo State.
In an earlier released statement, the governor had expressed fears that Oshiomhole will announce his disqualification from the Edo APC primaries, which became a reality when the committee chairman, Professor Jonathan Ayuba unveiled the names of the aspirants unfit to contest for the Edo governorship election.
The names of the disqualified aspirants, according to Ayuba, were Osari Obazee, Chris Ogiemwonyi, and Governor Godwin Obaseki.
