Edo: Nobody Can Force Me Out Of APC-Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that no one can force him out of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
He declared that there would be no room for any form of godfatherism in Edo State.
The Governor said he would not allow anyone intimidate him, adding that the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adam’s Oshiomhole had outlawed godfatherism in the state.
Obaseki told reporters in Benin City, the Edo State capital, that Oshiomhole, who waged war against the late Chief Tony Anenih, cannot replace him as a godfather.
The Governor said he had no plan to dump the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party PDP.
Describing himself as the state party leader, he said he was firmly in control of the chapter.
Obaseki acknowledged the reality of crisis in the chapter blamed Oshiomhole for the conflict.
Obaseki said he was not aware of moves by the PDP chieftain, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to defect to the APC.
The governor also warned some APC members in the state who were creating a parallel group under the aegis of Edo People Movement (EPM), saying the constitution of APC did not support parallel bodies.
“There are a few bad eggs in the party who now have another name for themselves. However, in the constitution of the APC, there is no provision for a pressure group within the party.
“So, these people who have alienated themselves from the party are very minute in number and they don’t in anyway represent the voice of the larger majority of the party members who are solidly behind the governor.”
Also, Obaseki’s Special Media and Communications Adviser Crusoe Osagie said there was no iota of truth in the report that the governor was planning to dump the APC for the PDP.
He said the governor was firmly in charge of the party structures in the state.
Osagie said, “I have said it repeatedly that Governor Godwin Obaseki is firmly in charge of the structures of the APC in the state.