The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki to resign from office following a statement credited to him that governance will take back seat in the state.
Obaseki had on Friday, during the inauguration of the state’s PDP presidential campaign council, said he would abandon governance for politics ahead of the 2023 elections to work for the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku.
But in a statement yesterday by the APC State Chairman Col David Imuse (Rtd), through the Assistant Publicity Secretary of the Party, Osehobo Victor Ofure, said Edo people were aware that Obaseki was no longer interested in governance since he was sworn in for a second term of office.
“The result has been for the governor to stay away from Benin City while pretending to be busy searching for investors, signing agreements or MOUs or campaigning in an election in which he is not a candidate.”
The party said it was wrong for the governor to say such, adding that other governors who were members of the PDP were still paying attention to governance in their states despite being involved in the campaign.
The statement reads further: “This goes to confirm our conclusion that Edo State today is not a democracy but a dictatorship with Mr Godwin Obaseki as the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, hence our call for the governor to resign with immediate effect.”
