Governor Godwin Obaseki, who was disqualified from contesting the party’s governorship primary election slated for 22 June, has formally announced his decision to resign his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Obaseki announced the decision to State House spokesmen after meeting with the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
The embattled governor said he would pursue his ambition for the second term in office on another platform.
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He had on Monday said he would only disclose his next line of action after meeting the President.
Obaseki has been having a running battle with his predecessor and the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole.
In a related development, the governor has threatened to quarantine Oshiomhole and any APC governor that comes to the state to campaign. He said interstate travel, as well as the gathering of more than twenty people at a time, is still banned.
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