EDO GUBER PRIMARY: FANI KAYODE REACTS AS OBASEKI FACES DISQUALIFICATION *I WILL NOT APPEAL- OBASEKI SAYS

Femi Fani Kayode has described the fate of Governor Obaseki of Edo State over his disqualification as an issue of loyalty and an act of not being grateful to a helper.

On his twitter handle, he said, “One of the most important virtues in life is LOYALTY. Never bite the finger that fed you. Obaseki has learnt this lesson the hard way. I have known Oshiomole for years. He is a formidable adversary, a skillful fighter &a tough cookie. Obaseki could never have outmanouvered him.”

Meanwhile the incumbent governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has said he will not appeal his disqualification. In a statement on Friday, Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said, “We have watched the mockery of the democratic process, which Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is administering and superintending over in our great party, the All Progressives Congress. It has been an unfortunate, disheartening and dreadful spectacle. 

“We had initially asserted that going by the open display and enthronement of illegality by one man in the party that comprises several organs and eminent personalities, there is no way that Governor Godwin Obaseki would get a fair  assessment in the run-up to the nomination of a candidate to fly the flag of the party." 

“It is unfortunate that this open show of shame, illegality and travesty of justice is the brand of democracy which Comrade Oshiomhole has reduced the APC into. The situation is quite saddening because this is a party supposedly reputed for change, equity and social justice. 

“We have therefore decided that it would be an effort in futility to appeal whatever the unjust outcome of the evaluation and screening process of the APC will be, especially when Comrade Oshiomhole has declared that he is the Supreme Court and ultimate determiner of the fate and future of our great party.

“We wish Oshiomhole luck in his maladministration of the party and trust that the Almighty will help our country to find the path to true liberty, freedom and justice.

“We call on all party members and the teeming supporters of Governor Obaseki to remain calm and await further directives."

Earlier, the All Progressives Congress screening committee for the party's governorship primary in Edo has disqualified Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, from contesting the primary poll.

Jonathan Ayuba, Chairman of the screening committee, said this while presenting his report to Adams Oshiomhole, APC National Chairman, at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Thursday. 

Also disqualified were Chris Ogiemwonyi and Matthew Aigbuhuenze Iduoriyekemwen.

Ayuba said Obaseki was disqualified over a "defective" certificate.

He said, "In our view of the issues raised, we concluded that the higher school certificate was defective.

"The NYSC certificate and the act of the aspirant taking the party to court, these are some of the issues we have attached and based on the party's constitution, this has made us recommend that Godwin Obaseki is not eligible to participate in the governorship primary."

On his part, Oshiomhole thanked the panel for the job they had done and urged disqualified aspirants, who believe that they had a case to appeal the decision