Edo 2020

Strong Sympathy For Obaseki After APC Ban

Ask Him To Go To PDP

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4 years ago

June 12, 2020

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By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Strong reactions from political stakeholders and activists have followed the disqualification of the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary by the party’s screening committee, on Friday.

The incumbent governor alongside Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi and Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen were disqualified from the June 22 APC primary

The chairman of the APC screening committee, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba at a press conference in Abuja, noted that the governor failed to produce his Higher School Certificate, HSC, which he tendered to study Classics in 1973 at the University of Ibadan and the committee could not verify the governor’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate.

The disqualification was shadowed by the sour relationship between Obaseki and the National Chairman of the APC, Adam Oshiomhole.

It was alleged that the Oshiomhole was determined that his successor as governor of Edo State would not clinch the ticket of the APC for the governorship election.

Friday’s development may not have come as complete surprise to many political commentators, following the allegation that the incumbent allegedly forged his certificates.

Nigerians have taken to the microblogging platform, Twitter to react to Obaseki’s disqualification, with many suggesting that the governor will decamp to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to contest for the governorship election.

Among those who opined that he defects to the PDP was Reno Omokri, who served in the Goodluck Jonathan administration as a senior aide.

Deji Adeyanju another civil right activist, however, countered that Obaseki should stay within the APC and fight for his right.

Many twitter users were, however, caustic towards the APC asking why the governor was found eligible in 2016 and not in 2020.

A section of Twitter users opined that the treatment of Obaseki is a replay of the fate of the former governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode, who was denied the APC ticket for reelection in 2019.

GWG gathered the following tweets:

APC has done to Obaseki what it did to Ambode.

I hope the former goes down fighting unlike the latter.

Decamp, rebel, whatever…just go down with a fight unless they offer something else, something juicier than a return ticket.
— UG (@UgwunnaEjikem) June 12, 2020

If what happened in Lagos with Ambode is allowed to happen to Obaseki in Edo State, then no APC-leaning person here should ever say their party is progressive again. Let's know it's a party of godfathers who care more about egos than good governance.
— EDWARD Israel-Ayide (@wildeyeq) June 12, 2020

On Nigeria’s Democracy Day, a seating Governor is disqualified from re-contesting for the same office by the same party that presented him the first time. What a way to mark the June 12 annulment. Obaseki on his part kept swimming against the tide. https://t.co/JTSdtW10ff
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) June 12, 2020

According to reports, they disqualified Obaseki because the name on his NYSC certificate read “OBASEK”.

This is from the same party that convinced us 7 months ago that “Mohamed” and “Muhammadu” were the same name.

Smh
— Feral Jack Phoenix. (@Letter_to_Jack) June 12, 2020

Wow! So the @OfficialAPCNg has disqualified Governor Godwin Obaseki? My counsel to Mr. Obaseki is to immediately cross over to the @OfficialPDPNig. You can’t get justice in General @MBuhari’s party. What happened to @AkinwunmiAmbode may happen to you! Move fast!#BuhariTormentor
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) June 12, 2020

If it was possible under our electoral laws, if PDP was a trustworthy party and if Obaseki's certificate is truly "defective", I'd have loved APC to be entirely disqualified from the Edo gov election.

Just that PDP may even present a candidate with no certificate at all!
1/2
— 'Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) June 12, 2020

APC is using Obaseki’s NYSC certificate against him but the President doesn’t have SSCE and no one in APC bats an eyelid.

Hypo what?
— DANNY ? (@Danny_Walterr) June 12, 2020

APC is a big joke!!

APC Governors Forum is dead.

Oshiomhole and co can't even face Obaseki in the direct primaries? https://t.co/aaIriWl0yX
— IKECHUKWU (@iykimo) June 12, 2020

When Obaseki was in good terms with Oshiomhole, his academic documents were correct. APC cleared him and he won the Governorship.

Now that Obaseki fell out with Oshiomhole, the same documents he submitted 4 years ago suddenly became "fake/defective."

Nigeria, I hail una ?
— Kelvin Odanz (@MrOdanz) June 12, 2020

So, Oshiomohole is so afraid of Obaseki like this that he doesn’t even trust his rigging skills. He had to disqualify the guy. Obaseki shouldn’t defect to PDP. He should stay and fight for the APC ticket.
— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) June 12, 2020

Godwin Obaseki was qualified in 2015 but somehow no longer eligible under same Party in 2019.
Lmao
This thing dey be like magic most times.
— Premier (@SodiqTade) June 12, 2020

Ambode and Obaseki have proven that APC is all about godfatherism.
— AyeMojubar (@ayemojubar) June 12, 2020

Basically APC is telling us Obaseki was "qualified" to contest for the first elections but "not qualified" to contest for the second.

Magic!!!
— Igala Alan Shore (@I_Am_Ilemona) June 12, 2020

Oshiomhole's disqualification of @GovernorObaseki from contesting in the primaries of the APC is the height of political tyranny and shows that "June 12" means nothing to the so called political godfathers. Edo people must stand against this.

Drop a like for #Obaseki pic.twitter.com/cyeHwBGR4C
— Omoregie Efosa (@Efoza) June 12, 2020

Man was disqualified on the basis of his NYSC certificate reading Obasek instead of Obaseki…

LMFAOOOOooo… Munchopees!
— Demola Of Lagos (@OmoGbajaBiamila) June 12, 2020

They just gave Godwin Obaseki, the Ambode treatment

Until the people of Edo & Lagos, kill Godfatherism in their respective states, until Oshiomole & Tinubu are silenced, Lagos/Edo TREASURY will continue to suffer

Godfatherism, modern day slavery is still alive & well in Nigeria
— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) June 12, 2020

Well said. Edo Ministry of Education primary certificate section was used as a burnt offering to cover Oshiomole's certificate saga. https://t.co/I6VoERYHFG
— Maybeks | #TestTestTest (@MayUbeku) June 12, 2020

Gov OBASEKI Disqualified.. Oshiomole Is A Devil!! Edo State 2020.. Edo People How Did You Give Oshiomole So much power??? pic.twitter.com/e3N1gkM7Ee
— Prince Ikekhua (@EhisOsara) June 12, 2020

I wouldn't want to be Godwin Obaseki right now, imagine after touring the whole world with buhari on numerous official occasions only to be disqualified from re-contesting few months to the Election.

Oshiomole 1 – 0 Obaseki pic.twitter.com/vAzyMR19bp
— OMOTAYO Of Lagos ?? (@Tee_Classiquem1) June 12, 2020

APC panel just disqualified Obaseki from primary election.

This is Oshiomole’s democracy day gift to the people of Edo?

Impunity, disqualifying a sitting Gov on democracy day. So who or what qualified Obaseki as Gov in 2016?

Nigerians are not ready to take back their country!!
— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) June 12, 2020

I'm sure we all know that if Obaseki was in good terms with Adams Oshiomole,

He'll win 2nd term without hitches, but since Oshiomole is the Godfather in Edo State,

He decides who is Governor.

Useless people
— Barca Principal ⚽ (@TheGeniusJaj) June 12, 2020

So this is the progressive APC party? This is the Adams Oshiomole that made so much noise about godfatherism battle? This is what this party is all about?

Obaseki just got the use and dump APC treatment. It's fall in line or fall out.
— Raymond (@IamTheIroko) June 12, 2020

The anyhowness of APC shines through as always. The head of Oshiomole's economic team for 8years and sitting gov, Gov Obaseki just got disqualified because he refused to allow the state to be fleeced by thieving politicians.

Like Ambode like Obaseki. #DemocracyDay2020
— Raymond (@IamTheIroko) June 12, 2020

Obaseki and others almost removed Oshiomole. Na small remain. I don't understand the pity party from some quarters. Same people would have celebrated if the attempted removal of Oshiomole had happened.
— KING KUKUTE (@Ade_Nurayn) June 12, 2020

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