Some youths in Edo State,
yesterday pelted the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, with stones at the Esan
Central Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the incident
happened in Irrua where Obaseki had gone to consult with leaders of the All
Progressives Congress in the Edo Central Senatorial District.
The meeting was said to be
connected to the party’s forthcoming primaries for the 2019 general elections.
It was gathered that the angry
youths stormed the venue of the meeting and accused the governor of
discriminating against the district in the political affairs of the state.
They were said to have pelted the
governor’s convoy with sachets of water, stones before the intervention of some
security operatives in the area.
The protesters were dressed in an
attire with the inscription ‘Esan Youth Movement’.
The Edo State Chairman of the
APC, Mr Anselm Ojezua, who confirmed this, said the perpetrators had no
connection with the APC.
He said, “We are investigating
the incident. I really do not know the motive behind it but I can only tell you
that those who did it are not APC youths.
“They wore the paraphernalia of
the Esan Youth Movement. They invaded the arena to do what they did; I think it
was more of personal agenda than political agenda.”
While dismissing the speculation
that Obaseki and the National Chairman of the APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, had
disagreed over the method to adopt for the primaries, Ojezua said the party’s
candidates would only emerge through direct primaries if the option of a
consensus failed.
He said, “There is no truth at
all (in the disagreement) because either process is recognised by our
constitution. We, in Edo State, have always had our preference for a consensus
(arrangement).
“We will only go for direct
primaries, if we fail to achieve a consensus.”
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