This emerged after a meeting held on Saturday night between key leaders and three of the party's governorship aspirants,over the primaries and other sensitive issues concerning the forthcoming election was deadlocked.
According to the source,two of the governorship aspirants, Kenneth Imasuagbon and Hon.Omoregie Ihama refused to yield to pressure being mounted by concerned individuals and groups with intrest in the governorship contest in the state especially forces at the national secretariat in Abuja.
Imasuagbon in a telephone interview vowed not to step down for Obaseki or anybody.
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| Kenneth Imasuagbon. |
"Those calling for a step down must be condemned by all;it is wicked and undemocratic.The military can't do this;we don't have democracy in Nigeria,what we have is autocracy.There is no morality in this.He (Obaseki) can't push my dream of 16 years away.Thank God for the position of the Benin Monarch,Oba Ewoure II,who said he needs peace to prevail and that there should be no godfatherism".
Godwin Obaseki joined the People Democratic Party after his application for re-election with the All Progressive Congress was rejected.
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| Governor,Godwin Obaseki. |
The Logjam explained that yesterday's arrival of some PDP governors led by governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state and National assembly lawmakers elected on the party's platform in Benin,Edo state to teamup with the state chapter of the party to persuade the three governorship aspirants - Imasuagbon,Ihama and Gideon to reconsider their stands on the plea by governor Obaseki for the party ticket ahead of the September 19 poll.
Source:
The newtelegraph.
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