The plan of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to run on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2020 governorship election, following the move by members of his party to deny him the APC ticket, may have hit the rock, Igbere TV reports.

This followed the reported switch of interest and political re-calculation by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, whom Obaseki had heavily relied on to facilitate the switch and land him the Edo PDP’s governorship ticket.

Igbere TV reliably gathered from sources close to Nyesom Wike that the Rivers State Governor, who is considered one of the party’s most influential figures, has refused to grant Obaseki audience despite repeated prompts from his Edo State colleague.

Obaseki had hoped that his offer to join the PDP with some 9 House of Assembly members would represent an appealing prospect for the opposition party but the PDP has turned their backs on him, with Nyesom Wike shunning his repeated requests for a meeting.

“The development is a major dent to Obaseki’s 2020 strategy as the planned move had already severed his relationship with the Presidency after it was revealed to the APC NWC that the governor was planning to swell the ranks of the opposition with a possible switch”, a source in the Edo APC said.

This, according to some sources in Abuja who spoke to Igbere TV, is part of the reasons the governor has failed to secure any federal appointment for his nominees, with the Oshiomhole’s camp having its way.

However, to prepare for himself a soft landing, Obaseki is reportedly consulting with Rochas Okorocha to ascertain the availability of his Action Alliance (AA) party and whether the platform would be open to him to run on in 2020.

“This is why the Senator (Okorocha) was against the move of the National Assembly to take over the Edo Assembly and even opposed the Senate leadership during the debate on the issue”, a source familiar with the development said.

Meanwhile, in a similar development, Igbere TV gathered that Obaseki’s deputy, Philip Shaibu, and Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, are scheming to dump the governor and switch loyalty to Adams Oshiomhole.

Igbere TV recalls that Ogie contested against and lost to Obaseki in the 2016 primaries, sources say he is still "bitter" about the outcome and may want a joint ticket with Shaibu with Oshiomhole’s backing.

“The same was the case for the deputy governor (Philip Shaibu) who felt his political machinations were ignored and spent the first months of the administration undermining the governor.

“On one occasion, he refused to accompany Obaseki to the state assembly for the presentation of the budget as is customary, and only yielded ground after interventions from leadership of the party”, a source said.

The new plot by the deputy governor and the SSG, Igbere TV gathered, is centered on pitching the viability of a Ogie/Shaibu ticket to the National Chairman, while singling out Godwin Obaseki as the sole architect of the crisis rocking the Edo APC.

http://igberetvnews.com/951779/edo-2020-obasekis-plan-to-decamp-to-pdp-falls-apart/

Lalasticlala, Mynd44, OAM4J

Mr Governor do your work well. Transform edo and even if u are in ApGa you will win a 2nd term.

Brown envelope journalism.

From the stable of egbere( dwarf) Tv

From the stables of Igberetv...APC media house.

blackboy:
Mr Governor do your work well. Transform edo and even if u are in ApGa you will win a 2nd term.

Did Ambode win ?

Davash222:
From the stables of Igberetv...APC media house.

Igbere is pro pdp

The combo of ogie and shuaibu will be too strong and unstoppable for anyone

This governor looks as if he has no money

Ever since OUK bought Igbere TV, we don't take them serious again.

I don't know why some men behave like toddlers. After insulting Oshiomole in public they both came together in a public show of shame to tell us that they are not quarreling as if we are babies.

ChristianEast:
Ever since OUK bought Igbere TV, we don't take them serious again.

You did the selling and purchase abi?

Fake news