EDO APC CRISIS: Obaseki talks tough, vows to chase out dissidents

The crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be far from over as the state governor, Godwin Obaseki on Friday vowed to chase out dissidents out of the party.

The governor made the vow while inaugurating the boards of some agencies in the state.

Obaseki, while praising members of the party who have remained faithful, said: “I want to thank those APC members that have remained committed. You know we have not wasted government money. We are progressives because we want to make tomorrow better for our children. Many have derailed. We thank God they have derailed because their hearts were not pure.

“We will flush them out. We own the land. We determine who our leader will be. Nobody can come here and impose on us who we don’t want,” he said.

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Explaining the delay in constituting boards for various agencies and parastatals, the governor said he was determined to ensure that it would not be business as usual.

According to him, he needed to clean up the rot in the agencies and parastatals before constituting board members.

“Past boards did not help those agencies they were appointed to preside over. We took time to swear in new board members because we didn’t want it to be normal process. We have taken time to reform most of those institutions. These boards are going to perform a lot of activities to support the policy we are pursuing,” he said.

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