{"id":19659,"date":"2020-06-08T13:35:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19659"},"modified":"2020-06-08T13:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:35:30","slug":"edo-poll-im-not-scared-of-ize-iyamu-i-even-won-him-when-i-had-no-track-record-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19659","title":{"rendered":"EDO POLL: I\u2019m not scared of Ize-Iyamu, I even won him when I had no track record \u2013Obaseki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ahead of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship election primary, Governor Godwin Obaseki<\/a> has said he had no reason to be afraid of his major rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obaseki, who appeared on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics, said having beaten Ize-Iyamu in the same race when he had no track record, that now as a governor with a track record, he saw no reason to be scared of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ize-Iyamu had contested as the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Obaseki in Edo governorship poll four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He joined the APC in 2019 and is believed to have been anointed by the national chairman of the APC and a former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole to replace Obaseki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Obaseki, when asked if he was scared of Ize-Iyamu, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy should I be? The last time I contested, he was my opponent from the PDP and the votes are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI beat him (even without track record as a governor) and now with the track record as a governor, I don\u2019t have any fears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the party\u2019s decision to adopt a direct mode of primary poll, Obaseki said he was not opposed to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He, however, said it was necessary that the health risks the method poses be considered, looking at the current situation where the state had recorded hundreds of COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an event he is defeated, Obaseki assured he would support whoever emerges as the party\u2019s candidate but only if the process was free, transparent, and credible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the crisis rocking the state\u2019s APC due to his rift with his predecessor, Oshiomhole<\/a>, Obaseki said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConversations are on so that we can build internal peace and harmony within our party; I do not have a rift with him as a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just do not agree with some decisions he (Oshiomhole) is taking as it relates to the party, they are not in the interest of our party.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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