Yekini Idiaye
is one of the 10 Assemblymen out of 24 that Obaseki inaugurated last year.
The deputy
speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Yekini Idiaye has abandoned Governor
Godwin Obaseki and pledged support for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
His jumping
the Obaseki ship must be painful to the governor, who is running for re-election
on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Ize-Iyamu,
the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said Obaseki is heading
to a disgraceful end, with the avalanche of defection hitting his camp.
He spoke in
Benin, while receiving Idiaye and four other lawmakers.
They are
Emmanuel Agbaje, Nosayaba Okunbor, Dumez Ugiagbe, and Vincent Uwadiae.
Ize-Iyamu
said Obaseki’s disgraceful end has become inevitable with the daily abandonment
of his government by civil commissioners, chairmen of Boards and appointees.
He said
Obaseki has deprived over 50 percent of Edo people of representation in the
legislature, after inaugurating a minority in the night.
The APC
candidate commended the lawmaker and others who had previously pledged their
loyalty, for their steadfastness in choosing to remain in the APC on which
platform they got elected.
He assured
them that his Manifesto of Hope, Simple Agenda will be implemented to the
letter in every part of the state when he gets elected.
Idiaye
responded: “I was elected on the platform of the APC and I have made it clear
and I have told the whole world that I started my political career in the APC
and I have no reason to defect to any political party.”
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