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| Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki |
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has clarified that there will be no automatic ticket for the state governor, Godwin Obaseki if he decides to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, and join the party.
State Chairman of the Party, Dan Orbih stated this in a statement signed by the state chapter of the party’s Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare.
According to him: “On the rumours concerning Governor Obaseki – one issue that keeps coming up in the build-up to next year governorship election is whether Obaseki is coming to join us? My answer is I don’t know.
“Will you receive him if he wants to join us? My answer is Yes; our party membership is open to all Nigerians who want to join.
“Are we going to give automatic ticket to him? No provision in our party constitution guarantees an automatic ticket for anyone contesting governorship ticket.
“Our governorship candidate will be chosen in compliance with the provisions of our party’s constitution.”
