A candidate for governorship of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Edo State, Kenneth Imasuagbon, has insisted that he would not step down for Governor Godwin Obaseki in the upcoming state primary.
Mr Obaseki resigned a couple of days ago from the All Progressive Congress ( APC) and joined the PDP after being barred from the primary governorship of the APC.
Many aspirants to the PDP are under pressure to step down for Mr Obaseki.
“If there is anyone who should step down for the other, it is Obaseki,” Mr Imasuagbon, a lawyer, said on Sunday.
Mr Imasuagbon said he has been on his governorship project for the past 16 years and would therefore not give it up on Mr Obaseki ‘s account “in just 24 hours.”
Mr Imasuagbon said he was seeking governorship contest under the APC in 2016 but was “muscled out” of the race by Adams Oshiomhole, the then state governor, who helped Mr Obaseki succeed him.
“Obaseki now has a problem in APC and he has now come to PDP and he wants to muscle me out again,” he said. “This cannot happen.”
He said he has a lot of following and support “ across the board ” in Edo and that he is confident he would win the PDP primary. He said he was interviewing the people in Benin.
“Most people who became governor now, they had no plan to become governor or any plan of what they want to do for their state. For me, it has been a deliberate thing because I want to serve my people,” Mr Imasuagbon said.
