The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said that still he enjoyed national support and sympathy of his colleagues in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Obaseki made the disclosure at the Abuja national secretariat of the PDP shortly after he was screened for the June 25 governorship primary election of the PDP.
Answering a question, the governor said he does not only enjoy the support and sympathy of APC governors, his support base cuts across board.
According to him, even dignitaries and other well-meaning Nigerians have come to identify with his aspiration, adding: “They are all united against injustice.”
Obaseki said: “I still thank God that I enjoy national support; not just support from my colleagues from the APC. I think the support is national.
“There are elder statesmen who are apolitical, there are traditional rulers. I have people from different spectra of the society who come around in solidarity with me and they support me because I think Nigerians are generally fair minded people.
“They are people who do not accept injustice. From what I have seen over the past several weeks and months, the support is across board. It is not just from APC governors alone.”
Meanwhile, one of the three PDP aspirants for the primary election, Kenneth Imansuangbon, has kicked against Obaseki’s participation in the exercise, insisting that he would not trade away his aspiration.
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The two other aspirants, Gideon Ikhine and Omorege Ogbeide-Ihama, have not raised any objection to the inclusion of the governor in the exercise.
But Obaseki said he had already initiated discussions with the three aspirants, stressing that he did not join the PDP to divide the party but to unite it.
“I am not a dividing candidate. I am speaking with all the aspirants. My hope and purpose for the PDP is to have a united and very strong party.
“Party primary should not be divisive because we as a party are focused on the same objective, and because we are separate individuals, our approach may be different.
“So, party primary, in my view, should not be acrimonious and destructive. And there are common grounds, common interest and I am very hopeful that I will get it (ticket) even as there are quite a number of delegates for the exercise.”
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