Edo state, Benin-City – Charles Idahosa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), also a former ally of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, on Wednesday, September 18, said there is no truth in the claim by the governor that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are being intimidated.
Idahosa stated that Obaseki is feeling the pressure of being alone after 90 percent of party leaders who worked for his re-election left him, adding that his predicament is self-inflicted.
Recall that Obaseki branded the coming governorship election to elect his successor as a do-or-die affair for his party.
But on Wednesday, the former member of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, while addressing journalists in Benin-City, said the governor was under pressure because this is the first time he would be running an election on his own.
Idahosa assured that âin spite of the alarms raised by the Edo State Government and the PDP, the election would be free, fair and nobody will be intimidatedâ
Speaking further, the APC chieftain added that Governor Obaseki would not have had any headaches about the election if he had accorded all those who assisted him politically their due respect.
Idahosa said:
Vanguard newspaper confirmed the report in its publication on Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Jubril Gawat, a senior special assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, criticised the PDP for campaigning for Asue Ighodalo in Edo on President Bola Tinubu’s achievement as governor of Lagos.
Gawat took to social media and shared a campaign video of the PDP candidate in Edo state.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
