Obaseki, Makinde disagree over ward congress, outcome

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his counterpart in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, have disagreed over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward congress in Edo.

While Makinde withdrew from the exercise, Obaseki yesterday, said the crisis in the state chapter of the PDP is being over-hyped, noting that it would not affect the outcome of the governorship election.

Obaseki said while speaking to journalists in his Ward 4 Collation Centre, Idia College, during the PDP ward congress held across the 192 wards of the state to elect delegates that will participate in the February 22 governorship primary.

The governor, who expressed optimism that the party is more united and would go into the elections stronger, said that the crisis in the party was being over-hyped.