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  • Updated: June 04, 2020

Edo Guber: Yari Visits Osinbajo, Reveals What Obaseki, Oshiomhole Must Do

Edo Guber: Yari Visits Osinbajo, Reveals What Obaseki, Oshio

Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has advised the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, to subject their personal interests to the interest of the party for APC to win the governorship elections in Edo State.

AllNews reports that the governorship election in the state is slated for September 19, 2020, but an internal conflict between Oshiomhole and Obaseki has continued to generate ripples among party members, and raised concerns about the ruling party being bested at the polls. The party is expected to conduct governorship primaries on June 22 to elect the person that will be its standard-bearer in the election.

Already Governor Obaseki and Oshiomhole are said to be in different political camps even as the latter has been accused of sponsoring someone against the sitting governor.

It would be recalled that intra-party squabble over who flies the flag of the APC in Zamfara and Rivers States cost the party electoral fortunes in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria.

But speaking to State House Correspondents on Thursday, Yari, who said he was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a private visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, called on Oshiomhole and Obaseki to tolerate each other no matter what their personal interests might be.

According to him, “I think as a party man and pioneer party person, the entire life is about tolerance. “We have to tolerate one another and no matter what interest we have, we must put the interest of the party in our hearts.

“We should also look at the interest of the party as superior to any other interest.”

Yari pointed out that there are laid down procedures of the party, insisting that such procedures must be followed in resolving issues in the party.

His words, “The laid down procedure there is there; the rules are there; the constitution is there.

“Let us respect the constitution of our party and let us respect one another because the issue of part is not about me, it is not about the chairman, it is not about the president. It is a collective responsibility.

“Therefore, I think it is important for both the governor and the chairman to fine-tune how they are going to work for the safety of this party and for the purpose of winning election in Edo State.”

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