There was anxiety yesterday among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Governor Godwin Obaseki could not return to appear before the committee screening the credentials of the party’s aspirants for the Edo State governorship election in Abuja. But a statement by the Chief Press Secretary said the governor was permitted to attend a meeting of the Governors’ Forum and to call the screening committee when available. Obaseki who walked briskly to the conference room venue of the screening exercise, however, left after just about five minutes. Nevertheless, Obaseki still has up till the end of Thursday (today) to appear before the screening committee to clear doubts on the authenticity of his credentials. As the screening was going on in Abuja yesterday, the University of Ibadan (UI) confirmed that Governor Obaseki graduated from the school in 1979.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2020 23:50 UTC