{"id":7150,"date":"2020-06-17T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1001newsng.com\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2020-06-17T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T08:22:19","slug":"obaseki-shaibu-dumps-apc-lobbies-governorship-ticket-in-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1001newsng.com\/obaseki-shaibu-dumps-apc-lobbies-governorship-ticket-in-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Obaseki, Shaibu dumps APC, lobbies Governorship ticket in PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EDO State Governor Godwin Obaseki and Deputy Governor Phillip Shaibu yesterday resigned their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n

While Obaseki spoke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Shaibu made the announcement in Benin, the state capital and went ahead to remove the ruling party\u2019s flag from the Government House.<\/p>\n

Last week, the APC screening panel disqualified the governor from participating in the primary election slated for Monday.<\/p>\n

Obaseki, who until yesterday, was the only APC governor in the Southsouth, did not announce his new party.<\/p>\n

But he met with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers) and Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) at the weekend ostensibly to lobby for admission into the opposition party and to be given the ticket to contest the election.<\/p>\n

Obaseki said: \u201cYou remember in my last tweet after my disqualification was announced by the APC, that I\u2019ll make a decision after I\u2019ve consulted with the leadership and my supporters in Edo State and also having informed the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust here today (yesterday) to inform you that I have now decided, formally, to resign my membership of the APC. Having done that, I will now announce in the next few days my specific line of action and what platform I will be contesting the gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n

\u201dSomeone who hasn\u2019t gone to school, who doesn\u2019t have certificate himself, will not know and understand what inconsistencies in certificates are, that\u2019s the starting point.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the inconsistency? There\u2019s no inconsistency in my certificates. The issue was in 2016, when I contested in gubernatorial election, I could not find the originals of my certificates because I didn\u2019t require them for more than two decades. So, I deposed to an affidavit that I couldn\u2019t find the originals.<\/p>\n

\u201cSubsequently, I found all the original copies of all my certificates and they are with me. So, I don\u2019t understand what\u2019s inconsistent about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe the inconsistency in the National Youths Corps certificate where he said my surname was missing an \u2018i\u2019 at the end, but if you look at that it was like a cursive, it was written in a cursive manner. If that\u2019s inconsistency for him, then it\u2019s really sad that people of that quality are leading Nigeria\u2019s ruling party.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor him, it was just to look for an excuse to take whatever decision he wanted to take and it\u2019s really sad that the party structure today gives him that sort of authority without checks; that is dangerous for any system or any institution.<\/p>\n

He also accused\u00a0\u00a0 Oshiomhole, of using the party machinery to intimidate those he considered educated and had more substance, adding that his disqualification was driven by fear.<\/p>\n

The governor added that the APC national chairman is \u201dafraid of people who have something to offer because all he knows are brigandage and\u00a0 crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaibu, gave no reason for his resignation in a letter to the Ward Chairman, APC Ward 11, Etsako West Local Government Area. The terse letter reads.\u201dI write pursuant to Article 9.5 (i) of the constitution of the APC to formally resign my membership\u00a0 and to inform you of my formal withdrawal from all or any of its proceedings and processes whatsoever.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease note that this resignation takes immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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