President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors to ensure that the party reclaims Edo State in the September governorship elections.

President Buhari gave the marching order when the APC Governors on the platform of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, led by its Chairman, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State led some members of the forum and the Chairman, Caretaker/Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni paid a ‘thank you’ visit to him at the State House, Abuja.

It was reliably gathered that the President told the governors to mobilize themselves to do all that is necessary to make sure that Edo does not remain in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

He also said that Ondo state must be retained by the governing party in the forthcoming election.

President Buhari was said to have been disappointed that a serving APC governor could be driven to the point of leaving the party and aligning with the opposition.

It will be recalled that Governor Obaseki of Edo state recently dumped the APC to the PDP as a result of his protracted differences with the former national Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

The irreconcilable dispute between the two culminated in the disqualification of the governor from contesting the party’s primaries and seeking re-election on the platform of the APC.

Governor Obaseki, however, defected to the PDP which gave him the waiver to contest the party’s primaries and he emerged as the governorship candidate of the party in a role reversal with APC’s candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who he beat in the 2016 election as the candidate of the then opposition party.

Sources privy to the meeting hinted that President Buhari was critical about the crises in the governing party and was said to have reiterated his warning that the APC may disintegrate if the crises in it are allowed to fester.

The President told the governors that loyalty should be to the party rather than individuals.

Also at the meeting were chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi; governors Yahaya Bello (Kogi) and Sani Bello (Niger).

Recall again that the lingering crises in the party led to the convocation of the emergency virtual National Executive Committee, NEC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.

President Buhari at the NEC proposed the dissolution of the Oshiomhole-National Working Committee (NWC), and the setting up of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee with six months mandate to organize a convention.

In his remarks at the NEC. President Buhari warned that if not arrested, the crises in the party would lead to its disintegration.

He had, therefore, admonished all litigants in the party to withdraw all pending litigations against one another, and settle for internal conciliation.

Esseite:
Forget Edo.... it's gone, look towards Anambra and Ekiti.

ORIENTATION101:
Edo will be the easiest.
The voting pattern favours Apc.

Edo central votes re always divided

Ize iyamu won Edo south last time , now it will be shared between obaseki and ize iyamu because of power of incumbency.

Edo North- Apc will win landslide and that is the end of the road for obaseki

Esseite:


There are a whole lot of factors that have changed since 2016...

ORIENTATION101:
the factors favours ize iyamu.

Ize iyamu never enjoy federal might, power of incumbency, and established political structure.

Obaseki enjoyed power of incumbency of oshomole as the Edo gov as that time, he also enjoy Federal might , and ready made political structure was on ground to work for his emergence.

Ize iyamu is the Biggest grassroot politician in Edo after oshomole, both of them re coming together with the support of federal might. It will be an easy win.

ORIENTATION101:
the factors favours ize iyamu.

Ize iyamu never enjoy federal might, power of incumbency, and established political structure.

Obaseki enjoyed power of incumbency of oshomole as the Edo gov as that time, he also enjoy Federal might , and ready made political structure was on ground to work for his emergence.

Ize iyamu is the Biggest grassroot politician in Edo after oshomole, both of them re coming together with the support of federal might. It will be an easy win.

Decibel:


Aso Rock rigging machinery

Esseite:


Now Obaseki has that incumbency voters,
The sympathetic votes,
The equality/justice voters,
The Iyamu betrayal voter,
The "on the fence" voters,
The empathetic voters etc

Truth be told, Ize would not even perform 50% of what he did in 2016.

ORIENTATION101:
sympathetic voters, betrayal voters blablabla re textbook political terms far from reality.
The reality is ize iyamu left with the soul of PDP in Edo thats why pdp never had a serious contender until obaseki came on board.

Obaseki is not a politician , doesnt own a political structure. The one he ones he has now was bought for over 6billions naira. thats why he is banking on support from emperor wike unfortunately he is alone in the battle.

Obasanjo said worst against atiku yet he supported him. Politics is not an Emotional game.

Esseite:


Ize iyamu never left with the soul, rather Ize iyamu was only the last contender... Obaseki is a bigger fish in Edo than Ize as at today, with Oshiomole out of the way whom was Ize's backbone and the person that made him jump ship.. Ize is stranded.

Dont you think the PDP structure with 40% lawmakers and 2 senators with a win in Edo general election despite oshiomole being chairman alongside incumbency and sympathy from APC Governors is enough structure to re-elect Obaseki?....

With what is on ground, Oshiomole has no financial war chest to fight with due to retirement, and Tinubu might want to prove a point due to grieviance. aswell as Governors wanting to prove a point aswell that they can survive elsewhere...

Bro, the odds are against Ize-iyamu, if he had the people behind him, you would feel it.

Esseite:


Ize iyamu never left with the soul, rather Ize iyamu was only the last contender... Obaseki is a bigger fish in Edo than Ize as at today, with Oshiomole out of the way whom was Ize's backbone and the person that made him jump ship.. Ize is stranded.

Dont you think the PDP structure with 40% lawmakers and 2 senators with a win in Edo general election despite oshiomole being chairman alongside incumbency and sympathy from APC Governors is enough structure to re-elect Obaseki?....

With what is on ground, Oshiomole has no war chest to fight with due to retirement, and Tinubu might want to prove a point due to grieviance aswell as Governors wanting to prove a point aswell that they can survive elsewhere..

Bro, the odds are against Ize-iyamu..

CilicMarin:


After September 19th....You ipob yoots will come and cry rigging...

ORIENTATION101:
Big fish my foot. The reality is obaseki is the lastest maga in Edo state. He has been spending all his Edo loot with reckless abandon. No wonder emperor wike called secondus nwc tax collectors

Presidential election is different from Gubernatorial. Apc won all the 24 seats in the house of assembly, to tell you Edo vote for local politics is for Apc , national politics votes is for PDP.

Osho is down not out. Edo election is 3 months away. War chest like Osho is not the one to fund the election, the fund is already settled.
Tinubu doesnt do emotional politics , he will ne at forefront of Edo election according to his press release today.

Esseite:


Relax...

How is Obaseki a maga when PDP needs him more..
Okay APC won all the 24 seats, if Ize iyamu was that grassroot, he should have gotten some seats for PDP, you fail to see that same APC structure you talk about is made up of empathetic members who fought the centre to retain Obaseki.. it's easier to continue the relationship with Obaseki even while in PDP than a fresh start with Ize if he wins..

Esseite:


Relax...

How is Obaseki a maga when PDP needs him more..
Okay APC won all the 24 seats, if Ize iyamu was that grassroot, he should have gotten some seats for PDP, you fail to see that same APC structure you talk about is made up of empathetic members who fought the centre to retain Obaseki.. it's easier to continue the relationship with Obaseki even while in PDP than a fresh start with Ize if he wins..