By Emmanuel Adigwe
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has stated the reason why he visited the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
The governor who is trying to recontest election this September, stated that he visited the national leader to ensure that the APC is not torn apart and he denied that he secretly obtain nomination form from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said: “The reason why I went to see our national leader is that I do not want the party torn apart. I am a man of peace”.
The embattled governor also disclosed that he and his colleague governors on the platform of the APC are on the verge of rebuilding their party.
He added: “That is why I joined my colleagues to go and see the leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to assure him that we are all working for the same cause, we are all working to build our party.
“From 26 states, we are now 20. We don’t want to lose any more state; there is no reason to. We should all drop our ego and work for our party and the unity of our country.”
He also refuted claims that he betrayed Oshiomhole stressing that he had also helped Oshiomhole before.
Obaseki concluded: “In life, everybody gets helped, everybody gets assisted.
“The person you talked about (Oshiomhole), he had no money when he left labour to contest. We knew what we did to make him Governor.
“I sacrificed eight years of my life pro bono, I collected no Kobo to serve him in Edo. Today, we know what we have built because of where we started from. So, when you talk of betrayal, the biggest betrayal can be when people betray a cause, when they betray an idea.”
