Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has stated That President Muhammadu Buhari was Astonishingly Shocked upon hearing that Oshiomole Orchestrated his disqualification from the All Progressive Congress APC Primaries.
Recall that Obaseki met with the President after his disqualification and later defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) few days after.
Obaseki, However emerged the People Democratic party’s candidate for the September 19 governorship election.
in a recent interview on the Governor, He was asked what the President’s reaction was during their meeting, the governor said
“I think for me everybody was shocked and even the president don’t know they would do that. The President did not believe Oshiomole would do that”.
“The President is not a man that talks much but expects everybody to be reasonable. Every time I have interaction with him, he says people should do their work. So, I am not sure he believes that they would have got to that extent. I am not surprised, therefore, that after I left those reactions followed”.
Obaseki was also asked in his relationship with APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He said
“He is our father. We owe so much to him. I believe when you have a father that has done so well and helped propagate a new system, you should really pull back and sit back and see what he has created naturally. So, my relationship with him is not different from what it had been severally”.
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