Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on Thursday, disclosed that he will throw his weight behind any candidate that emerges from the party’s electoral process.
Obaseki denied having any face-off with his Deputy, Hon. Philip Shaibu, adding that he is a bona fide indigene of Edo state and free to contest for the upcoming governorship election.
Obaseki made the disclosure in Abuja at the Headquarters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while briefing journalists after Edo State of stakeholders meeting.
He said, “There is absolutely no issue between me and my deputy and he is here, he wants to contest and we are not asking him to drop his ambition. He is a free born of Edo state and he can contest”.
When asked if Shaibu will enjoy his support, he responded, “I will support whoever the party supports”.
Also in his remarks, National Chairman of PDP, Amb. Umar Damagum said that the party is very united and has formed a united front to win the governorship election. He said that there is no feud between the governor and his deputy.
He said, “We have agreed to work together as one family and we will go further to break the meeting into smaller committees so that at the end of the day, we will come out with a better solution. But in conclusion, Edo now is one family”.
Asue Ighodalo, a governorship aspirant who was present at the meeting said that the leadership of the party is working hard to ensure that the party is very united and peaceful so that it can win the next general election.
He said, “The meeting discussed unity and for the people to continue to live in love. The PDP is set to win the next election in the state by the grace of God Almighty. The leadership of the party all spoke well and they spoke in the line of unity for the party. We are all very happy coming out of that meeting”.
Ighodalo said that the people of Edo state should expect more delivery of the dividends of democracy from the party.
On his chances of becoming the next flag bearer of the party he said, “That is in God Almighty’s hands.
“What we are most concerned about now is the unity of the party. I don’t think that anybody is directly thinking about that issue now. It is fundamental that the party stays united and that the party stays strong. That is what we are all focusing on, that is what everybody that attending the meeting is focusing on”.
Present at the meeting were Edo State Deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, Deputy National Chairman South Taofeek Arapaja, Vice Chairman South South Dan Orbih, Chief Tom Ikimi and members of the party’s National Working Committee.
