Details: How Obaseki ‘’Arrogantly Rebuffed’’ Tinubu’s Peace Moves

Charles Oyelesi

Emerging details have it that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made efforts to made attempts to settle the differences that forced Governor Godwin Obaseki out of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

According to Tunde Rahman, the spokesperson for Tinubu the Governor of Edo State ‘’arrogantly rebuffed’’ the efforts.

According to Rahman ’’…Obaseki’s anti-peace and reconciliation stance also came out in bold picture in the altercation between him and former APC Chairman and his estranged friend and leader, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. All appeals to Obaseki to toe the path of peace and allow room for settlement in the matter were arrogantly rebuffed. Asiwaju was in the forefront of some of these peace efforts. Others also intervened all to no avail. Eventually, one thing led to another and Obaseki, quite unfortunately, failed to scale through the APC screening. He eventually defected to the PDP. There is no evidence that the APC leader was part of that screening process or made input into it…’’

The spokesperson made the revelation in a write-up that addresses the controversies surrounding the Saturday, September 19, 2020, Edo gubernatorial election titled ‘’ Asiwaju Tinubu and Edo Election’’.

The write-up was published in thecable.ng speaks to issues surrounding the defeat of All Progressives Congress candidate Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

Obaseki, who dumped the APC to become the candidate of the rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secured a second term in office with a convincing win.

Tinubu had been the subject of different forms of attacks – in and out – of his party since the development.