Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, a governorship
aspirant of the party, Mr Don Obaseki, Monday,
announced his withdrawal from the race, saying that he
has lost faith in the scheduled primaries of the party.
He said he hopes to contest the governorship election
under another platform which he said he will make
public after consulting with his supporters.
Obaseki who also is the nephew to another APC
governorship aspirant, Godwin Obaseki, told journalists
that he does not believe that the primaries of the APC
will be free and fair, saying "I am undoubtedly running
for, and shall contest the 2016 Edo governorship election
slated for September 10, 2016.
"I have lost faith in the APC primaries process.
Unfortunately, I was in Abuja on Thursday and I
stumbled on a document that I cannot divulge to the
public for security reasons that makes it clear that all
those who are buying or who had bought their forms to
contest the primaries of the APC are wasting their time.
"As an academic and someone who is guided by thesis
antithesis and syntheses, I elected to withdraw my
intention to contest the primaries of APC, I will not tell
you that I am no longer a member of the APC but I am
more interested in being an E.D.O. (Empower, Develop
and Opportunities) man than an APC man, I will rather
be an EDO man than being a PDP. I am not running for
the election as an APC candidate anymore, I am running
for the election as EDO candidate on September 10.
"I have therefore, embarked on wide consultations with
my immediate and extended family, supporters, friends
and well-wishers and I won't advise any of the aspirants
to pay the whole sum of N5,500,000 for the expression
of interest, and nomination forms of the APC. The
coming primaries of APC will be the most expensive in
our history because there are plans to bribe the about
3,000 delegates with N200,000 each."
(VANGUARD)
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