Battle In Edo State As PDP Woos Governor Obaseki

Battle In Edo State As PDP Woos Governor Obaseki

While APC Planning In Support  Of Captain Hosa Okunbo as counterforce Against Governor Obaseki, The Present Governor Of Edo State.

Report has it that, the raging disagreement between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his estranged benefactor and national chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, may have finally come to a head, with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP.
The People Democratic Party PDP is said to be making quiet overtures to Obaseki to get him to defect.

According to the report the ruling party in the state APC is alleged to be making frantic moves to poach a prominent businessman and philanthropist, Captain Hosa Okunbo, as a choice that could undo Obaseki’s calculations in his bid to secure re-election.

[Question? ]

Should Obaseki defect to PDP, and Okunbo caves in to the APC overtures to fly its flag.

The PDP is quite formidable in Edo State and the stakes couldn’t be higher in such a scenario. Edo State is the only state under the APC control in the entire South-South zone. Should Obaseki defect to the PDP, the APC would have lost its only presence in the zone while the PDP would consolidate its grip.

Though Okunbo is an immensely successful businessman with a massive war chest and name recognition in the Edo state and beyond. He is very well connected in business and political circles.

On the other hand Governor Obaseki and Oshiomhole have had a running battle for some time over political interests. Both men had engaged in a hushed battle until the inauguration of the Edo State House of Assembly, when the governor seemed to outwitted his former boss by influencing the choice of the speaker.

But Oshiomhole condemned the decision and it development made by Governor Obaseki, while his saying that the action of the governor cannot stand the test of the laws of the land. But Obaseki responds, claim that Oshiomhole has openly shown been bias.

Although Oshiomhole has since that initial exchange appeared to have reclined to his shell, but Obaseki continued to make public statements, suggesting that all is not well.

Despite the recent moves by the House of Representatives to intervene in the matter, the most recent of Obaseki vituperations was the allegation that someone was scheming to use state lawmakers to control him.

This was an apparent reference to Oshiomhole over the recent battle for the soul of the assembly.