Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says the exit of
Godwin Obaseki, his Edo counterpart, from the All Progressives Congress (APC)
is painful.
Obaseki had resigned his membership of APC after he was
disqualified from the ruling party’s gubernatorial primary for the 2020
election.
He subsequently moved to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
where he was granted waiver to contest the primary scheduled for Thursday.
Speaking with state house correspondents after he and his
counterparts from the north-central met with Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to
the president, Bello said incumbency factor cannot save Obaseki in the
September election.
“We have seen those in power before that are dethroned, we
have seen practically how President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC dethroned the
former president,” he said.
“So, that is not any trouble at all. APC is going to win Edo
State. But unfortunately, I really feel the leaving of my colleague, His
Excellency Governor Godwin Obaseki in whatever circumstance to another
political party, is painful anyway, but as a political party, we are going to
take Edo back.”
Commenting on the crisis in the APC, Bello said: “Our party
is one solid party. In a particular big family like that, you won’t rule out
any misunderstanding in one way or the other. But I can assure you that our
party is strong under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and as a
father, he is already looking into it and I can assure you that we are going to
come out very strong.
“We are going to go to Edo State and we shall win Edo state
election overwhelmingly for APC, we are going to go to Ondo state and win it
overwhelmingly for APC. We will take Anambra State and record it as a second
APC state from the South East and integrate our Igbo brothers into the fold and
we are going to take Ekiti and Osun once again.
“So, we are going to continue to expand our coast. APC is
strong; we are not divided, we are only seeing one same point from different
angle and we are trying to make ourselves understand the points, that is just
it, there is no misunderstanding.”
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