Edo Guber: Oshiomhole At Crossroads Over Ize-Iyamu, Osifo

All Progressives Congress, APC leader in Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is in a fix over who to throw support in the 2024 governorship primaries to pick the ticket of the party in the state.

GWG.ng reports that Oshiomhole who is the immediate past governor of Edo State has been on the frontline in the governorship elections in the state since 2007 when he first made his bid for the governorship and was declared winner by the courts in 2008.

Since the end of his governorship in 2016, Oshiomhole has been the biggest determinant of the ticket backing Godwin Obaseki for the APC ticket in 2016 and throwing him out in 2020.

GWG.ng reports that Oshiomhole was central to bringing in Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the 2020 candidate of the APC but the plan for victory was sabotaged by internal discord at the national level of the APC where some governors in the party among others reportedly worked to frustrate the party in the election.

It was gathered that Oshiomhole is this time stuck between backing Ize-Iyamu and another contender, Washington Osifo who served as a commissioner in his administration for the APC ticket.

Both aspirants are from Edo South, a region that is likely to be key to the outcome of the election given its dominant size in the state.

It was learnt that Oshiomhole was initially bent on Osifo apparently because he had been his political protegee but other reasons are said to be now weighing to the contrary.

“The best I can say is that Oshiomhole is confused as to who to support,” a high ranking party official told GWG.ng as he pooh-poohed claims that the comrade senator has taken a position.

The confusion it was gathered flows from the prospects of winning between Osifo and Ize-Iyamu with the Redeemed pastor who has contested the two past elections having a name recognition that projects him better.

However, fears that Ize-Iyamu may be uncontrollable is a factor that is also said to be weighing against him in the Oshiomhole camp as concerning the APC ticket.

The risk of the APC winning or losing in the main election, it is believed, could turn out to be the factor that determines how the immediate past governor of the state throws out support.

The APC primary is due in February.

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