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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor made the announcement on Friday at the PDP secretariat in Benin City, the state capital.
Also, the PDP announced the defection on its Twitter handle, saying: “The Governor of Edo State, H. E. Governor Obaseki has defected to our great Party, the @OfficialPDPNig. The declaration was made this afternoon at the state Secretariat of our party in Benin city, Edo State. Power to the people.”
In the video that accompanied the tweet, Obaseki made his declaration to all Nigerians “within the state and across the country, to become a member of PDP.”
The PDP National Working Committee had reportedly considered waivers for the governor while it postponed its primary election scheduled for June 19 and 20.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said: “The NWC of the party has postponed the Edo State governorship primary election earlier scheduled for Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20, 2020, to a new date of Tuesday, June 23, 2020. This decision is predicated on the exigencies of party activities.”
Obaseki, who recently resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress, following his disqualification from its primary election, had recently met with some PDP governors and National Chairman, Uche Secondus, to perfect his defection plan.