Benin – Comrade Godwin Erahon, a former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, has warned the state Governor Godwin Obaseki, his Deputy Philip Shaibu to be wary of the fate of candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) political party in Imo state over the recent Supreme Court verdict.

Erhahon said Obaseki is surrounded by swindlers who are urging him and his Deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu, to continue to pursue their  gubernatorial ambition on the “wonky, expired and empty platform of the PDP.”

Erahon, in a statement issued in Benin, the state capital, said the June 26th 2020 Supreme Court judgment in the case involving Chief Uche Nwosu of AA party, who participated in the party primary election of two different political parties in Imo State ought to have made Obaseki to have a rethink because of the illegality of the action.

He said: “The apex court crafted the judgment so explicitly as if it was meant for the duo of the governor and his deputy to understand what fate awaits them in the state.”

According to the former chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state said, “The Supreme court nullified Uche Nwosu nomination in AA on the account that he had contested for nomination under APC.

“As if to explain itself further to the outgoing Governor, the Supreme Court elaborated on how the relevant law nullifies the PDP candidacy for their understanding when it elaborated thus:

‘The spirit of the law forbids anyone to contest for nomination under two or more parties in same election or even start the process of being nominated by procuring the nomination form.’ How does Gov Obaseki hope to escape the last clause?


He noted: “The clause has rendered the expired PDP governorship ticket a counterfeit. Obaseki procured APC nomination form, filled and returned same and to crown it up, attended APC screening which he failed. By the clause under reference, the Supreme Court seems to have told Obaseki to stop wasting his time and resources.

“So also does it sound a warning to Obaseki’s supporters that they are about bury themselves along with a dead body because they are blinded by temporary pecuniary sentiment.     


https://www.independent.ng/stop-wasting-your-resources-for-election-you-will-not-contest-in-erhahon-warns-obaseki-shaibu

I don't think this applies to Obaseki and his deputy. If for nothing, PDP is also good at this game. And in any case, life is not about giving up without trying.

[/quote][quote author=Goldencheese post=91287478]I don't think this applies to Obaseki and his deputy. If for nothing, PDP is also good at this game. And in any case, life is not about giving up without trying.

There is a precedent

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This is a serious matter if supreme court will stick with their pronouncement but let wait and see.

The man is writing and talking rubbish

The facts of the case in Imo state are not the same and the law does not apply generally to cases of seeking nomination from more than one platform provided it meeets the guidelines of the electoral act.

Pray tell,which section of the constitution or electoral act did the thuggish former publicity secretary highlight as the basis on which the Supreme Court took its action? and who approached the court in the case of Imo state and what were the prayers sought in the initial case and subsequent appeals?

Until those are clearly outlined,his outburst is vacuous and as useless as Oshiomole is in APC right now.

Only you say PDP is old, wonky and expired. Ehhhh, don't worry now, Obaseki is not complaining.

He just wants to show Osho that "Edo is not Lagos".