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Obaseki to get PDP waiver for September election

After series of consultations, the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has concluded plans to grant waiver to Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki to contest the party’s ticket for the coming September governorship election in the state.

He PDP had shifted to June 23 its primaries for the election from the original date of June19 to Obaseki’s supporters join the party before the primary election.

Following his disqualification by the APC from contesting participating in its own primaries, the embattled governor had decamped to the PDP and had within this week, held series of meetings with PDP leaders including its national Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of River state, Nyesom Wike, governor of Akwa Ibom state, Emmanuel Udom and others.

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