The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Governor of Edo
State, Godwin Obaseki, will not get the party’s governorship ticket on a silver
platter if he decides to join.
Although, the party said the embattled governor will be
welcomed into its fold.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola
Ologbondiyan, disclosed this on Friday.
Ologbondiyan said: “Yes, we will accept him, of course.”
On PDP’s governorship ticket for Obaseki, he said: “Joining
a party is different from contesting an election. These are two separate
things. People join political parties from their wards. We are in touch with
our Edo State chapter and they have not told us that the governor had joined
our party(as of 6.57 pm on Friday).”
However, PDP had screened the three aspirants seeking the
ticket for the Edo election on its platform – which signals the close of
nominations.
But a party source hinted that the eventual winner of the
PDP ticket might be persuaded to withdraw from the race for Obaseki, The Nation
reported.
Governor Obaseki was yesterday disqualified from seeking
re-election on the platform of the APC as he was screened out by the party’s
screening committee.
The governor has said that he would not appeal the decision
– which has fueled the speculations of his decampment to another party.
However, on Saturday morning, Former Aviation Minister
Fani-Kayode hinted that Obaseki may have secretly joined the Peoples Democratic
Party with the aim of contesting for his second term on the platform.
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