Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that he opposed the 2024 Edo governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo.
He has also given reason why he did do, at a stakeholders’ meeting of the rainbow coalition in Abuja yesterday.
“In the last election that took place in Edo State, the victory was as a result of the coalition between the legacy of PDP and the APC,” he said.
“We had to work together to make sure that the former governor, Governor Obaseki, did not produce his successor. And that is the truth. I was behind it, and I don’t have any regrets about it. So when people say that nothing like coalition, they tell lies.”
Stating that he wanted to prevent former governor Godwin Obaseki from installing his successor, Wkie added: “He came to my house more than three times. I said, ‘Listen, you’re a good candidate, but for this election, I’m sorry, because this election is between us and the man who is bringing you, called Obaseki, ungrateful person, so returning you is like bringing him back, so I’m sorry. You have to fail,’ and he failed,” Wike said.
“The truth of the matter is that it has been there, depending on how it is worked out. So the governor today, Senator Okpebholo, will know sincerely that it was that coalition,” he said.
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“Senator Adams Oshiomhole will also attest to the fact that it was that coalition that made us to defeat the PDP, even though I’m a member of PDP, but for that purpose I said I would not support the incumbent governor to produce a successor, even though the candidate was a very good candidate, who was the former managing director of a bank.”
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