By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN CITY—BARELY 11 days to the primaries of All 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.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/edo-2016-apc-gov-aspirant-don-obaseki-withdraws-race/

Abeg make we hear.....
There is no primaries that has ever been free and fair in Nigeria..
Move to another party and test your popularity

Hmmm


Oga tell us what you saw or forever remain silent...

We have seen worse security issues... Just say it.. We'll absorb the shock...

Apc is not a Democratic Party, we all know that, the leader is selected and all delegates are bribed, coerced

Na who be this mumu?

Daylight tales

Hahahahahahahaha. Chicken out hissss

Close to being First to comment. but nothing to comment

Hmmm

Hahahahahahahaha. Chicken out hissss
No money to buy form 5m is not a joke

in as much as our electoral and judiciary system are still in decayed form, I don't expect a credible election in Nigeria.

even on a level playing ground self, nothing for you. minus 1. nice decision bro. better luck nxt tym.

confused party. he has lost faith in apc and tired of lies, better to run than to have an ear infection because of lies from the party. buhari story double be a lesson to all zombies.

PDP is taking over. No need.

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they don sidetrack baba, him come dey para. BTW that's how primaries are conducted in Nigeria though

pay the right people and You get the ticket

Eyah

He has no chance to win the APC primary.


All this ones are just stories.

The only Obaseki I know is Godwin. I never knew another Obaseki was running under the APC.

Ghana must go don change hand!

Story for the gods

Dem don dey go one by one.....

weneva I see APC, it sounds like a scam news...they av lost credibility

Anyone seeking public office via any political platform in Nigeria need to play by the rules of the political party & that has been the style, be it primary or general election. Thus, there is always a free entry & free exit at anytime if one is not contented with the laid down rules by any political party.

Best of luck to Mr.Don Obaseki.

There are two things involved.
either he wants to scare d rest away for only one person to pick the form or he just can't spend his money

Clowns in politics .