{"id":299149,"date":"2023-11-30T22:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=299149"},"modified":"2023-11-30T22:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:34:19","slug":"edo-2024-i-have-no-preferred-candidate-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/edo-2024-i-have-no-preferred-candidate-obaseki\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo 2024: I have no preferred candidate \u2013 Obaseki"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Says only the party has the power to decide who becomes its flagbearer at the gubernatorial election<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ahead of the Edo governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki has stated his position on the choice of the flagbearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>He declared that he has no preferred candidate among those aspiring to succeed him as his tenure comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/28\/ill-defeat-obasekis-candidate-says-shaibu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">governor<\/a>, only the party has the power to decide who becomes its flagbearer at the gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki spoke on Thursday in Bauchi after a closed-door meeting with Governor Bala Mohammed, who doubles as the chairman of the PDP governors forum.<\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied by the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel.<\/p>\n<p>However, details of the closed-door meeting are still sketchy as of the time of writing this report.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists after the meeting held at the Rahmat House, an extension of the Bauchi Government House, Obaseki also cleared the air on his relationship with his deputy, Philip Shaibu, who has declared interest in succeeding him.<\/p>\n<p>He said their relationship is cordial.<\/p>\n<p>There have been insinuations in some quarters that the governor is not backing his deputy\u2019s ambition to succeed him.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki said: \u201cMy relationship with Shaibu is cordial. 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