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IgbereTV reports that Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, has publicly stated that he believes he will not get justice from a committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to screen aspirants seeking to become its flag bearer for the governorship election coming up in the state.
The screening which was conducted at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, lasted for about two hours.
Crusoe Osagie, media aide to the governor, said the committee delayed him for hours before Governor Obaseki went through the process.
“The governor arrived early but the screening committee was not ready,” Osagie had said earlier in a statement on Wednesday.
“He was given the options to either wait for one hour or if he had an appointment to keep, he could go and call them to know if they were ready.
“The governor, who had a Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) meeting, went for the meeting and called when he was done, but the members of the screening committee did not pick their phones.”
Speaking with journalists after the exercise, Obaseki said he is not sure of getting justice because Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, has refused to recuse himself from the process.
“Like I said, as a party man I had to go through the screening process but I do not believe that I will get justice because Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is an interested party in the Edo process,” the governor said.
“One of the questions asked was why did I issue a gazette that will prevent the party from performing direct elections in Edo. That did I not see it as an anti-party activity?”
Also contending for the APC’s governorship ticket with Obaseki is Ize-Iyamu who is believed to be backed by Oshiomhole.
Ize-Iyamu had contested against Obaseki on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2016 but lost.
June 22 is the date for the APC primary election.
