Edo 2016: Oshiomhole not planning to impose candidate - PESOC

BENIN—AN interest group, Peter Esele Solidarity Committee, PESOC, has allayed the fears of governorship aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, that Governor Adams Oshiomhole will impose a candidate on the party, saying that based on the political consciousness in the country, the governor would not condescend to that level.

Reacting to the fears expressed by some chieftains of the party over the governor’s alleged support for one of the aspirants in the governorship race, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in a statement by Mr. Sylvester Ikuvbogie, Director of Operations (PESOC 2016), said that delegates to the party’s primaries would be the ones to decide the outcome of the matter.

He said: “We like to allay the fears of Crosby Eribo, the member representing Egor state constituency and others that the governor in our imagination, and based on current trends of political consciousness in Nigeria, will not condescend to the level of imposing an aspirant over and above other contenders for the APC flag bearer. The party’s delegates must decide the fate of the matter unbiased, unmolested and without undue influence.

“It is sad that in modern times, when nations are placing integrity and capacity as the pillars for choosing party flag bearers, here, pockets of godfathers are threatening to cajole delegates. Surely, Edo people would resist such moves.”

Edo 2016: Oshiomhole not planning to impose candidate - PESOC