Obaseki Pays ‘Thank You’ Visit To Buhari; Says It Will Be Immoral To Return To APC

Obaseki Pays ‘Thank You’ Visit To Buhari; Says It Will Be Immoral To Return To APC

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The governor however told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that it would be immoral for him to return to the All Progressives Congress.

Obaseki, who vied on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was re-elected as governor of Edo State after polling 307,955 votes to defeat his closest rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 223,619 votes.

The governor who was first elected in 2015 on the platform of APC, defected to PDP in the build-up to the 2020 governorship election following his disqualification by the APC screening committee.

At the Council Chamber of the State House where President Buhari received the governor and his entourage were wife of the governor, Mrs Betsy Bene Obaseki; Edo Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu; his wife, Mrs. Maryam Shaibu; High Chief Tom Ikimi and Sen Clifford Ordia.

Also at the Council Chamber were Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikande Agba.