Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says he resigned from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) because the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, is scared of educated people.
Speaking to reporters at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, the Governor said: “I’m just here today to inform you that I have now decided formally to resign my membership of the All Progressive Congress.
“And having done that, I will now announce in the next few days my specific line of action and what platform I will be contesting the gubernatorial election on.”
Blaming his resignation on the rift with Oshiomhole, the governor blasted the APC boss for not practising what he preaches.
He questioned the character of the party boss when asked whether he would provide a level playing field for parties in Edo State as demanded by Oshiomhole.
Obaseki stated: “He, Adams Oshiomhole, has he? As governor Wike said, he should practise what he preaches, he has never done so.
“He has not provided a level playing ground even in the selection process, the disqualification process. What is the basis for disqualifying someone like Chris Ogiemwonyi?
“You are afraid of people who are educated because you didn’t go to school. You are afraid of people who have something to offer because all he knows how to offer is brigandage, crisis.
“So, for us, Nigeria has to move forward beyond some of the characters who are currently overseeing our political polity and they are scared.
“They are scared that when people of substance, when people who are proven, when people who have succeeded in other aspects of life come into politics, they will be history.”
Obaseki had been disqualified from contesting the party primary slated for later this month on the grounds that his academic credentials were suspect.
The disqualification is believed to have been manipulated by Oshiomhole, as the culmination of faceoff that began several months ago.
