The Edo State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Tony Aziegbemi has declared that and Governor Godwin Obaseki and all his loyalists were set to join the party.
This is coming few days Mr Godwin Obaseki was disqualifiedd from being fielded in the upcoming All Progressive Congress Primaries for the Edo State Governorship Election this September.
The Chairman of Edo PDP said Obaseki’s deputy, Philip Shuaibu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter would also defect.
The party leader made the disclosure in an interview with NAN on Monday in Benin.
Aziegbemi said the governor, “his deputy and the entire APC structure in the state will be joining PDP soon”.
The chairman disclosed that they have been in touch “in the last few days”.
Aziegbemi assured that by Tuesday, he would “be able to confirm the exact date he (Obaseki) will be joining, along with his team.”
He added that he was not “aware that the governor has obtained our party’s membership card.
“I can also say that there is no automatic ticket in the offing for him at all”, Aziegbemi said.
AUTHENTIC NEWS GIANT also learnt that the Mr Obaseki has visited the Rivers State Governor Mr Wike and also his Akwa Ibom counterpart Udom Emmanuel.
