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Edo Will Not Give Any Land To Herdsmen For Grazing – Obaseki

APC Asks Governor Obaseki To Resign Over Security

December 21, 2020 2:40 am

Edo state caretaker chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Col David Imuse (Rtd.) has asked the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki to immediately resign from office over security challenges in the state.

Col Imuse in a statement alleged that Obaseki had run out of ideas on how to govern the state.

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The APC caretaker chairman said that the call has become necessary because the Governor is failing in his duty of protecting the lives of Edo people. Adding that the governor has shown gross disregard for the rule of law …

Gov Obaseki's ADC Collapsed During Inauguration

Gov Obaseki’s ADC Collapsed During Inauguration

November 13, 2020 8:59 am

An uproar was experienced yesterday because of the collapse of one of Aide-de-Camp who stood behind the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki during the governor’s second-term inauguration at the Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City the State capital.

The incident happened around 12 noon on Thursday while the governor was giving an appreciation speech after the Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Edigin. The well- dressed ADC, whose name is yet not known, stood behind the governor during the speech but slumped while Obaseki appreciated members of the Peoples …

Edo - APC Provoking Me, PDP Will Win 75 Percent Poll – Obaseki

Edo: APC Provoking Me, PDP Will Win 75 Percent Poll – Obaseki

July 31, 2020 8:29 am

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared that “the other party” was provoking him.

He made the veil reference about the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Benin after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders’ meeting.

The Edo helmsman condemned the attacks on PDP supporters in front of Oba of Benin palace.

Obaseki said his administration would ensure that the perpetrators faced the law.

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The governor warned that his administration was not weak in responding to political violence.

Obaseki noted that being a governor, he would not …

Obaseki’s Agents Mop Up Damning Newspapers In Benin

Obaseki’s Agents Mop Up Damning Newspapers In Benin

July 21, 2020 2:10 pm

Agents of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, mopped up major Newspapers that published an advertorial considered to be against the interest of the governor.

The advertorial signed by a prominent Benin businessman, Capt. Hosa Okunbo, allegedly exposed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s wrongdoings against himself, as well as revealed how the governor allegedly frustrated peace effort to resolve the crisis in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before he left the party.

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The mop up of the Newspapers, was said …

Oshiomhole Disappointed Because Obaseki Refused To Be Used – Aide

Oshiomhole Disappointed Because Obaseki Refused To Be Used – Aide

July 20, 2020 4:57 am

Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is only disappointed because Governor Godwin Obaseki refused to be used in his quest to become a godfather in the state.

In a statement, the governor’s aide said the recent vituperation of the former National Chairman is just an expression of his frustration over his failure to achieve his goal to govern Edo State for a third term using Governor Obaseki as a proxy.

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PDP - We Will Admit Obaseki If He Decides To Join Us

PDP: We Will Admit Obaseki If He Decides To Join Us

June 13, 2020 6:38 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party will readily admit the embattled Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, into its fold if the governor decides to join the main opposition party.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a telephone chat with our correspondent on the telephone on Friday.

Asked if the PDP was ready to admit the governor into its fold, Ologbondiyan said: “Yes, we will accept him, of course.”

The party spokesman however, said Governor Obaseki had yet to approach the PDP for membership as of the time …

Edo 2020 - APC Disqualifies Obaseki; He Reacts

Edo 2020: APC Disqualifies Obaseki; He Reacts

June 13, 2020 4:41 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, ineligible to contest in the July 22 governorship primary election in Edo State.

The screening committee announced the disqualification while presenting its report to the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee in Abuja on Friday.

Apart from Obaseki, two other aspirants were also disqualified.

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They are Chris Ogiemwonyi and Mathew Iduoriyekenwen.

Presenting the report, Chairman of the APC screening panel, Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, explained that Obaseki was disqualified because the committee could not vouch for …

Obaseki: I Will Show No Mercy To Oshiomhole

No Direct Primary: Obaseki Draws Battle Lines With INEC, Oshiomhole

June 8, 2020 7:08 am

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted that there would be no direct primary in the state.

He stressed that only indirect primary could hold in the state in accordance with the rule gazetted in newspapers on Friday.

The new rule partly reads, “That in respect of political gatherings for the purpose of conducting primaries for any of the parties desiring to field candidates in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, gatherings of more than 20 persons may be allowed, subject to the written approval of the Governor, if such gatherings do not exceed 5,000 persons; hold in Benin City and …

Edo Governorship - No Man Can Stop Me, Obaseki Boasts

Edo Governorship: No Man Can Stop Me, Obaseki Boasts

May 27, 2020 11:15 am
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said no man can stop him from being governor for a second term in the state.

Obaseki is having a running battle with his godfather and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

Oshiomhole’s faction of the party, had on Tuesday night endorsed the candidacy of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the consensus candidate of the party for the Edo poll.

But  Obaseki, in an interview on Channels TV, said he was confident of returning to power as first man of the state because “power comes from God.”

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Gov. Obaseki Reveals Real Cause Of Crisis With Oshiomhole

February 5, 2020 11:35 am

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has revealed the cause of the crisis between him and Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Obaseki disclosed that the crisis was due to his refusal to hand over the “key to the treasury” of the state to Oshiomhole and his “cronies.”

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, the governor explained that while he believed in using the state resources to serve the people, Oshiomhole and his cronies believe it should be used to “carry them along.”

He said: “As a matter

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