Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has threatened to deal with members of the “Legacy Group”, a faction in the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if they continue to divide the party.


DAILY POST reports that Obaseki issued the threat during the inauguration of a 363-member Governorship Campaign Council in Benin City.

Obaseki, who said the PDP governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo would win 80 percent of the vote, boasted that the party had the structures and programmes to win the September 21 governorship election.


The governor, who also accused the Legacy Group faction of collecting money from the opposition party to destabilize the party in the state, added that they were disorganised and were a herd of sheep without shepherd.

According to him, the timetable is out, can you see any of them (Legacy Group) here? Can they organise themselves? PDP leads and others follow.

“The factional PDP members fighting the party have collected money from the opposition party to destabilise the party in the state. I want to warn such persons to stay away or face our wrath.


“PDP is one. Those who are fighting PDP have collected money from the other parties, and they want to sell out, join me so that we can flush them out of our party. Because we are not going to allow anybody to divide us, we are one party; one indivisible party in Edo State.

“The money they have collected is enough, let them go and enjoy it. Let them go and spend it outside. We don’t have anything to fear.

“I will fight them if they try us. We will fight them if they try us. They know us, we never fight and lose, let them come and try. They have collected money, let them stay outside with their money, and not disturb us, because this election is ours and we are going to win by the grace of God”, he said.

Obaseki, who opined that the main opposition party in the state has no space in Edo politics, boasted that the PDP has put together hardworking campaign council members.

He stated that the main opposition party could not destroy Nigerians at the centre and still wanted to destroy the people of Edo State

“By the grace of God, this campaign council will deliver nothing less than 80 per cent of our votes.

“We can’t find the opposition party anywhere. They have no place here. They cannot destroy us at the centre and want to still come and destroy us here. We will not allow it. The hunger is too much out there, we are preventing the hunger from coming to Edo.

“Everybody sees what is happening in Nigeria today. You can see the suffering in the land. You can see the struggle in Edo, but we pulled Edo out of those problems. So, our campaign is going to be based on the hope we will give our citizens in Edo State,

“The campaign is going to be based on what we have achieved and the lives we have touched. The campaign will also be based on the future not the past”, he added.

He noted that the structure of the campaign council was rooted in all the 192 wards across the state, adding that every organ of the party was captured.

Earlier, the State Chairman of the PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, disclosed that the campaign council comprised 363 members, excluding the women and youth wings.

Aziegbemi, who tasked members of the campaign council to go into the nooks and crannies of the state to sell the party’s candidate noted that Edo is PDP.

In his acceptance speech, the Director-General of the state campaign council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, thanked the governor and PDP faithful for the opportunity to serve the party.

He promised to lead the party to victory come the September 21 governorship election.

In his remarks, the PDP governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who also thanked party faithful and leaders for the confidence reposed in him, said Obaseki had laid a functional foundation in every sector that he would build upon.

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Governor himself has spoken

If they want make dem try their luck at tribunals

Make those Yoruba people keep deceiving them online and chopping their money .. while still supporting Wike on the same act

Wike obaseki don warm ..

You go soon collect from bini man .. no be all those your small small occult you join .. bini Na proper winch dem oh.. you self fit get miscarriage born shovel.. or basket

E Dey happen

Obaseki carry gonna man you be .. 80-% too small .. deliver all 100/100

Make dem rest once !

Judas Is Obaseki

Obaseki may not have performed very well, but the propaganda of them making him look like another Yahaya Bello is not acceptable. On the next election Ighodaro is at worst a second best as a true best is a mirage.

So for PDP.

Wike did his own. Now it Obaseki's turn.

LP is officially the main opposition party.

COMRADES I don't know why PDP will not put her house in order ahead of the forthcoming election in Edo State

This guy never ceases to brag, threaten and vituperate. Puerile tactics, I'd say.

Someone should remind him that there is no longer a Buhari cabal to influence things for him.

We saw how it went in the last federal elections where his PDP faction won zero seats.

We'll see how it goes in this election. And I tell you for free: the outcome won't be different.

Melagros:
COMRADES I don't know why PDP will not put her house in order ahead of the forthcoming election in Edo State

That's because the governor lacks emotional intelligence.
He's a very poor negotiator and he doesn't accept compromise. Always wanting all things to go his way or the highway.

EdCure:

That's because the governor lacks emotional intelligence.
He's a very poor negotiator and he doesn't accept compromise. Always wanting all things to go his way or the highway.

This means, he is as high handed as wike

Obaseki should be calming down. If the centre back and protect the legacy group, can he touch them.

Obaseki should know that Buhari and his cabals are no more and he is not in the good book of the president.

I will advice Obaseki to talk less and stop the threat.

Once the centre protects the legacy group is over for Obaseki.

Obaseki one of the ugliest Gov I have ever see. Even oshiomowerey no worse than this