Tony Aziegbemi, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Edo State, had on Thursday said that there will be no automatic ticket for Governor Godwin Obaseki if he eventually joins the party ahead of the forthcoming governorship election.
While speaking on Channels Television, Aziegbemi, however, noted that the party’s door was open for the embattled incumbent governor to join.
His words, “Our doors are opened. Governor Obaseki is our governor in the State. If he wants to join the PDP, he is free to do so.
“But will he get an automatic ticket? The answer is an emphatic no. He has to go through the processes.”
Aziegbemi insisted that even if National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP considers giving Obaseki a waiver, he “will still get to the delegates to explain to them why he should be given the ticket and all that.
“So it’s a process and that process is open to all Nigerians,” he said.
“So our doors are not closed at all. We feel that Governor Obaseki is being humiliated, maltreated and being given the wrong stick by his party.”
When asked about the party’s earlier claim that the Governor has not done enough for the State since elected four (4) years ago, he said, “Will we give him automatic ticket? I say no. Can he join the party and I said yes.
“Can he be given a waiver? I said yes. Can he contest in the primary? I said yes of course. That’s what I’m saying.”
Recall that pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a former Secretary to Edo State Government (SSG) on Wednesday emerged the Adams Oshiomhole faction of the APC consensus candidate for the state governorship election.
