We don’t need Obaseki’s approval for Edo primary – APC

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The All Progressives Congress says it does not need approval from Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to hold its governorship primary in the state.

The Secretary, Edo APC Primary Election Committee, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, made this known on Sunday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

The APC and Obaseki have been at loggerheads with the party disqualifying the governor and the latter defecting to thehad earlier reported that Obaseki said while other political parties conducting primary elections in the state have notified his government of their readiness to comply with the state COVID-19 guidelines, theBut speaking on the programme about the APC’s preparation for tomorrow’s primary, Bashiru said, “We are conducting this primary in line with the Covid-19 regulations of the...

“We have been able to study the regulations. We are a law-abiding party. We will not contravene the Covid Regulations even though it was intended thinking there is no way around it in order to disallow our party from conducting a peaceful primary.”

 

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