The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Tony Aziegbemi,
says there will be no automatic ticket for Governor Godwin Obaseki in
the party.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) screening
committee had, on Friday, disqualified Mr Obaseki and two others from
contesting the party’s primary, scheduled for June 22.
NAN also
reports that Mr Obaseki has reportedly been making plans to dump APC for
the opposition PDP, ahead of the party’s primaries.
In a
telephone interview with NAN on Monday in Benin, Mr Aziegbemi said “I
can confirm to you that the governor, his deputy and the entire APC
structure in the state will be joining PDP soon.
“We have been in
touch in the last few days; by tomorrow, I will be able to confirm the
exact date he will be joining, along with his team.
“However, I
am not yet 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,” he told NAN.
Similarly, a governorship aspirant of
the PDP, Ken Imasuagbon, has said he is prepared for open contest,
provided his opponents will be ready to subject themselves to the
party’s rules and regulations.
Mr Imasuagbon said he was averse
to Mr Obaseki’s planned move to join the party, but added that he would
resist any attempt to hand over the party’s ticket to him, preparatory
to the governorship election slated for September 19.
He said
Mr Obaseki will have to join the queue, just like other aspirants, and
go through the party’s primaries, billed for June 19 and June 20.
“Any
attempt to hand the party’s ticket to him will be met with serious
resistance. In fact, there will be no PDP primaries or whatever if the
party’s leadership tries it.
“This is neither a military coup nor military rule; the governor must subject himself to the party’s primaries.
“He
will need to queue with the other aspirants, if he wishes to join the
race. But we will certainly resist handing him over the ticket
automatically.
“Have you heard before that somebody will join a
party and within three days, he will be given the ticket? Did he buy the
party’s nomination form? Was he screened?” he queried.
(NAN)
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