Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said that he was not planning to return to his former party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2020 governorship poll on which platform he was able to secure his re-election.
Obaseki spoke in Abuja on Monday against the backdrop of the exodus of governors elected on the platform of the PDP to the APC.
He declared that he would not jump on the defection band wagon.
He described rumours doing the rounds that he intended to return to the APC as laughable.
He said he was committed to serving the people under the “stable, people-oriented and democratic structure” of the PDP.
Obaseki is the Chairman of PDP’s e-registration exercise.
He said he was committed to and harboured strong belief in the PDP as a party that holds the solution to issues of governance-deficit facing the country at the moment.
The governor’s positions were contained in a statement on Monday
by the spokesperson of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan.
The statement quoted the governor to have urged Nigerians to remain steadfast in their determination of rallying on the platform of the PDP to “rescue the country from the misrule of the APC.”
He was further quoted to have urged Nigerians to turn out enmasse and register with the PDP as “the party’s nationwide online electronic registration of members takes off in two weeks’ time.”
Obaseki, who was said to have addressed members of the PDP e-registration committee in Abuja, explained that the pilot scheme of the exercise would begin in Edo and Anambra states.
He was also quoted to have said: “Nigerians must key into the e-registration exercise of the PDP as the party remains the solution to the myriads of problems confronting our nation today under the APC.
“From all indications, it is clear that the PDP remains the party that provides the appropriate platform, outlook and sense of direction to return our nation to her of pride of place in the comity of nations.”
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