Osagie Ize-Iyamu,
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2016 governorship election
in Edo state, has clinched the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
for the 2020 election.
Ize-Iyamu had
defected to the APC in the heat of the misunderstanding between Godwin Obaseki,
governor of the state, and Adams Oshiomhole, suspended national chairman of the
party.
Announcing the
result of the primary election in Benin on Monday, Hope Uzodinma, governor of
Imo and chairman of the election panel, said Ize-Iyamu polled 27,388 votes
ahead of Pius Odubu, his closest rival who secured 3,776 votes.
“Iyamu having scored
highest in the primary election is hereby returned candidate of the APC in the
coming governorship election,” he said.
“This election is
one of the most clinically exercised in the history of elections in Nigeria.
This state which originally belongs to the APC will return to the APC after the
governorship election.”
Six aspirants had
indicated interest in the APC primary but three, including Obaseki, were
screened out of the race.
The governor has
since defected to the PDP, where he has been granted the waiver to contest the
primary scheduled for Thursday.
If he emerges the
PDP candidate, Obaseki will swap places with his old opponent.
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