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...May shamefully float Unprincipled Washington Osifo as candidate against Governor Obaseki.
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The leadership of the Edo People's Movement (EPM) are at crossroads over its choice of a governorship candidate to run against the incumbent Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki at the forthcoming APC governorship primaries. This situation is occasioned by the apparent refusal of its preferred choice and business magnate Captain Hosa Okunbor who has declined an offer proposed by the leadership of the EPM to have him run against Governor Obaseki in 2020.
The reasons for his refusal are unclear but sources close to the top hierarchy of the EPM have revealed that Captain Okunbor turned down the invitation because he didn't want to be sucked into the bitter infighting between loyalists of the Governor and the EPM leadership and was said to have told some Edo indigenes living in the United States while receiving an award that he is in the habit of supporting seating governors and do not wish to be a governor himself and that he supported the bini cause for Obaseki to remain in office beyond 2020 and cannot be seen as a tool to pit the binis against one another all because of politics.
These statements is said to have displeased some members of the EPM who were on his entourage to the US and they immediately placed a call to the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to prevail on Captain Okunbor to rescind his decision but all efforts by Comrade Oshiomhole to convince Captain Okunbor to retract his statements fell on deaf ears as he was said to have told the chairman to leave him alone and shop for another candidate as he was more preoccupied with his business interests than partisan politics.
In the meantime, and faced with the imminent reality of not fielding a credible candidate to challenge Governor Obaseki, some leaders of the EPM have allegedly began shopping for another replacement for Captain Okunbor and it has been muted in some quarters that the disgruntled member elect representing Uhunmwonde Constituency, Hon. Washington Osifo has been pencilled down as alternative for the muddled group for the upcoming primaries.
The idea of selecting Hon. Osifo was to present someone they could use to attract funds from some business interests who are opposed to the modern transparent style of Governor Obaseki who would support Osifo with a huge financial war chest which they hope to use to find his governorship campaign.
Although Washington Osifo isn't their first, second, 3rd choice candidate, they have also created room for other aspirants who wish to contest on their platform to actually indicate interest for them to eventually select whom they think has the potential to defeat Governor Obaseki at the primaries.
As at press time, secret consultations are going on within members of the EPM across the state as they continue their search for a candidate for their platform.
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