The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday, said that Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected Governor of Edo State.
He said nothing will stop the governor’s re-election “because he has done well and deserves to continue in office.”
Mr Obaseki is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while Mr Umahi is a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Edo governor has been locked in a supremacy battle with his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, who is also the National Chairman of the APC.
The governor, who is completing his first term, has indicated interest to run for a second term, but there are fears he may be denied the party’s governorship ticket due to his tussle with Mr Oshiomhole.
Neither the APC nor the PDP has held its governorship primaries to pick its candidate for the election that holds later this year. However, the PDP candidate that challenged Mr Obaseki in 2016, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, defected to the APC last year.
Endorsement
Mr Umahi expressed his stance while addressing Mr Obaseki’s wife, Betsy, and other Southern governors’ wives who were on a courtesy call to him in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
The women were in the state for the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Wives Forum quarterly meeting.
Mr Umahi said: “Power belongs to God and no matter what anybody will do, it is God that has the final say and I can assure you Ma, you know as an apostle of the most high God, I also prophesize. And because of the good work your husband is doing for the people of Edo State, no man can unseat him.
