The re-elected Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This was as the Edo governor visited the Villa to express gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for conducting a free, fair and credible poll under his administration in Edo State.
The visit is coming exactly five days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, declared Obaseki as the winner of the September 19 Edo governorship election.
Governor Obaseki was accompanied on the visit by his wife, Betsy; deputy governor, Philip Shuaibu and wife, Maryann. They were joined by few lawmakers from Edo. The meeting held at the Council Chambers axis of the Villa.
Obaseki had earlier paid similar visits to Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States Government House to thank Governors Ifeanyi Okowa, Douye Diri, Nyesom Wike, Udom Emmanuel and Ben Ayade for the roles they played in his electoral victory.
Igbere TV reports that Governor Obaseki defeated Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), 12 other contestants to win the just concluded September 19 Governorship election in Edo state.
He had dumped the APC for the PDP when the ruling party headed by his then estranged benefactor and former Edo governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, disqualified him from participating in its primary election.
Asked if he has plans to return to the APC, following his re-election as governor, Obaseki told State House correspondents that it would be immoral for him to return to the ruling party.
