BREAKING: Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, Resigns From APC

The disqualification of the governor was criticised by some individuals and groups who alleged that it could be a fallout of the lingering dispute between him and his predecessor, Oshiomhole.
Although Governor Obaseki had taken some reconciliatory moves before the screening exercise, he told Channels Television in an earlier interview that he does not expect to get justice.
The Party’s Verdict
In his reaction shortly after his disqualification by the screening committee chairman on Democracy Day, the governor said he would not appeal the decision.
A statement by his spokesman, Crusoe Osagie, described the screening exercise as a mockery of the democratic process.
It added that the governor had asserted that there was no way he would get a fair assessment in the run-up to the nomination of the party’s flagbearer in the election.
On Saturday last week, the Appeal Committee of the APC and the party’s National Working Committee affirmed the disqualification of the governor from the primary election.
In his words, Oshiomhole said, “We are just following our party constitution. We have a screening committee, they turned out a report…”
Thereafter, the governor met with his counterparts in Rivers and Akwa Ibom, Governor Nyesom Wike and Governor Udom Emmanuel, in their respective states.
There have been speculations that Governor Obaseki may defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to realise his second term ambition, but the governor has yet to disclose his next line of action.