The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he will support whoever the Peoples Democratic Party picks as the candidate for the 2024 governorship election in the state.
Obaseki spoke at a meeting convened in Abuja by the PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagun.
At the meeting, which was also attended by his Deputy, Philip Shuaibu, and another aspirant for the party’s ticket for the election, Asue Ighodalo, the Governor said: “There is absolutely no issue between me and my deputy.
“And he is here.
“He wants to contest and we are not asking him to drop his ambition.
“He is a free-born of Edo State and he can contest.”
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Asked if he was willing to support Shuiabu to succeed him, Obaseki said: “I will support whoever the party supports.”
Damagun expressed confidence that the Edo State chapter of the party will go into the election as a united family.
He said: “We have agreed to work together as one family.
“And we will go further to break the meeting into smaller committees so that at the end of the day, we will come out with a better solution.
“But in conclusion, Edo PDP is one family.”
Speaking on if the dispute between Obaseki and Shuaibu over the governorship ticket had been resolved, Damagun said: “We are talking about the election here and you are talking about an issue between the governor and his deputy.”
