Edo: Oshiomhole Insists on The Ambode Treatment, Obaseki Meets PDP Governors

By Uche Mbah

The festering sore of the relationship between Adams Oshiomhole and his erstwhile godson, Godwin Obaseki, may not end any time soon as the later is poised to seek the support of the opposition Peoples Democratic  Party, PDP, to maintain his position as the Chief Executive Officer of the state.

In recent times, there has been attempts at impeachment through the state Assembly. Few members of the house were inaugurated at night in a bizare attempt at power play between Oshionmole and Obaseki.

This Magazine was told that this “roforofo” fight is far from over. The governor, who has the backing of the state All Progressives Congress, APC, has been consulting with the National leadership of the party, who were said to have advised him to beg the National Chairman in order not to have what a source described as “the Ambode treatment”.

The former governor of Lagos, Akinwumi Ambode, was denied nomination for second term by his political godfather, Bola Tinubu, because, according to Tinubu, he was a performing governor but not “a good party man”.

Both Oshionmhole and Tinubu has the ears of the president.

Recently, Obaseki has been having a series of meetings with some PDP bigwigs, including two serving South south governors in what many see as a fall back situation against the high handedness of the National Chairman of the APC. It was said the PDP Chieftains are strategizing on how best to handle his request, requesting that this should be a preparation for eventual possible move over of the governor to PDP.

Edo is the only South south state that is not a PDP state.

There were suggestions that Ize Iyamu, the PDP candidate in the recent elections who is a Reddeemed Christian Church Of God Pastor, may be used to shore up support for Obaseki, whom he contested against. Obaseki won the elections despite Iyamu’s popularity, a situation many ascribed to the overbearing influence of the then governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole. Opposition had alleged massive rigging by the APC.