{"id":131430,"date":"2024-09-20T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-people-dont-need-wike-to-know-whom-to-vote-for-obaseki"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:45:41","slug":"edo-people-dont-need-wike-to-know-whom-to-vote-for-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-people-dont-need-wike-to-know-whom-to-vote-for-obaseki","title":{"rendered":"Edo people don\u2019t need Wike to know whom to vote for \u2013 Obaseki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that Edo people are wise enough to decide whom to vote for.<\/p>\n

Obaseki stated this while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Thursday,<\/p>\n

The governor also insisted that his fallout with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will not hurt the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party to emerge victorious in Saturday\u2019s governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n

Recall that Wike was one of the figureheads that worked for Obaseki\u2019s victory against Adams Oshiomhole-backed candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, in 2020.<\/p>\n

Wike has vowed not to support his candidate, Asue Ighodalo, come Saturday, having fallen out politically with Obaseki after the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

Obaseki said, \u201cHe (Wike) came to get Edo people to vote for me, right? Wow! Edo people are not that dumb, they know who to vote for.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t require the services of an outsider to make their decisions. Edo people will make their decisions this time because they know what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the governor, he does not regret falling out with some of his political associates, including Oshiomhole, Philip Shaibu, among others, adding that some politicians were not happy with him because he had used money from government\u2019s revenues to solve people\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that Edo people are wise enough to decide whom to vote for. Obaseki stated this while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Thursday, The governor also insisted that his fallout with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will not hurt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":131429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[443,254,697,454],"class_list":["post-131430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-edo","tag-nigeria","tag-obaseki","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\nEdo people don\u2019t need Wike to know whom to vote for \u2013 Obaseki - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that Edo people are wise enough to decide whom to vote for. 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