The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday, said that Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected Governor of Edo State.<\/p>\n
He said nothing will stop the governor\u2019s re-election \u201cbecause he has done well and deserves to continue in office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Obaseki is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while Mr Umahi is a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n
The Edo governor has been locked in a supremacy battle with his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, who is also the National Chairman of the APC.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s governorship ticket due to his tussle with Mr Oshiomhole.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Endorsement
\nMr Umahi expressed his stance while addressing Mr Obaseki\u2019s wife, Betsy, and other Southern governors\u2019 wives who were on a courtesy call to him in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.<\/p>\n
The women were in the state for the Southern Nigeria Governors\u2019 Wives Forum quarterly meeting.<\/p>\n
Mr Umahi said: \u201cPower 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u2019s re-election \u201cbecause he has done well and deserves to continue in office.\u201d Mr Obaseki is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while Mr Umahi is a member […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,65],"class_list":["post-20514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"\n