Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has officially announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He made the announcement after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

Obaseki’s resignation comes days after the party disqualified him from contesting in next week’s primary election, threatening his bid to win a second term in the September 19 governorship election.

The party claimed that his higher school certificate and NYSC certificate were defective, but the decision is widely believed to have been influenced by Adams Oshiomhole, the APC’s national chairman who is Obaseki’s political ally turned adversary.

The governor has held meetings with high-ranking personalities of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the past few days, and is believed to be moving to the main opposition party ahead of the September election.

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