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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

– Governor Obaseki’s media aide, Crusoe Osagie, has disclosed the reasons why his principal decided not to appeal his disqualification from the APC’s primary<\/p>\n

– According to Osagie, Obaseki’s loyalty to the people of Edo state is one of the reasons why he decided not to appeal the decision<\/p>\n

– Another reason is the Edo state governor’s firm stance not to kowtow to the wishes of some politicians who allegedly do not have the interest of the people at heart<\/p>\n

It is no longer news that Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has been disqualified from the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary.<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

What many, however, found surprising was that the Edo state governor swiftly reacted to the disqualification and decided he was not going to appeal the decision of the screening committee, despite describing it as unjust.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: – Governor Obaseki’s media aide, Crusoe Osagie, has disclosed the reasons why his principal decided not to appeal his disqualification from the APC’s primary – According to Osagie, Obaseki’s loyalty to the people of Edo state is one of the reasons why he decided not to appeal the decision – Another reason is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":16716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,694,697],"class_list":["post-26253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-edo-state","tag-obaseki"],"yoast_head":"\nEdo 2020: Why Obaseki did not appeal APC disqualification - Media aide - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-2020-why-obaseki-did-not-appeal-apc-disqualification-media-aide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo 2020: Why Obaseki did not appeal APC disqualification - 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