JUST IN: Obaseki Visits Buhari, Reveals If He Will Return to APC |READ INTERESTING DETAIL
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Sep 25, 2020
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday met with the President Muhammadu Buhari , at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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The governor however told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that it would be immoral for him to return to the All Progressives Congress.
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Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party beat Osagie Ize-Iyamu of Buhari's All Progressives Congress and others to win the last Saturday's governorship election in his state.
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He had dumped the APC for the PDP when the ruling party disqualified him from participating in its primary election.
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There have been concerns that having won the election on the platform of the PDP, he might return to the APC.
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But the governor who met with the President alongside his deputy, Philip Shuaibu, said it would be immoral to do so.
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Obaseki and Shuaibu were joined on what they called the "thank you visit" to Buhari by their spouses and some lawmakers from the state.
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