By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
Apparently to discuss the political tension in Edo state ahead of the upcoming September 19 Gubernatorial Election, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received in audience the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Prompt News reports that Ize-Iyamu was led to the Presidential Villa by Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Malla Buni in the company of Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu and his Kano State counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Speaking after the meeting which did not last long, Gov. Buni revealed that President Buhari has endorsed the APC Governorship candidate.
Buni, who stated this while briefing State House correspondents after presenting the APC candidate to the President said that Buhari gave his blessings to the candidate.
Also speaking at the briefing, Ize-Iyamu debunked the allegation that 14 members-elect of the Edo State House of Assembly sat in his house on Thursday to impeach the Speaker of the House and elect new one.
Said he, “Let me debunk the statement that 17 members of the State House of Assembly sat in my sitting room, it is not true.”
He also said that there was no truth in the insinuations that President Buhari did not want to see him, alleging that it was a falsehood being spread by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).
Also speaking, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State described his Edo State counterpart and candidate of the PDP in the September elections, Godwin Obaseki, as a liability to the PDP.
“I can assure you that Governor Obaseki is a liability to the PDP. I can assure you that we are contesting against a governor who failed most woefully.”
