Obaseki free to return to APC if he likes, Wike says

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that re-elected Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, is free to return to the All Progressives Congress if he feels the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not working for him.

Wike said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday.

Recall that reports surfaced on Wednesday that defeated candidate of the APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, pleaded with his conqueror to return to the national ruling party.

Ize-Iyamu, however, refuted the rumours on Thursday.

When asked what he would do if Obaseki left the PDP, Wike said, “I don’t want to discuss something that is not going to be possible. However, assuming it happens, so what? That is politics.

“If the governor believes that the PDP is no longer a party for him to actualise his vision and his mission, there is nothing wrong but I don’t believe that it is going to happen because the governor has consistently told us that there is no way he will leave the PDP. If he leaves the PDP, people in Edo State will not be happy.

“And he is somebody I have that trust in that he will not leave the party. This is a party that clothed him. This is a party that when it was raining, gave him an umbrella.”

Wike said he did not play such a big role in Obaseki’s re-election but only acted as the chairman of the campaign council.

The governor said it would be wrong of anyone to give him the glory when others like Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, played their roles.

Wike, however, denied funding of Obaseki’s campaign because the governor already had enough money to execute his campaign.

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