Obaseki, Supporters Ignore Social Distancing While Announcing Defection To PDP
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday, announced his defection to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the midst of a crowd of well wishers, video footages showed.
THE WHISTLER also observed that the room where the governor made the announcement was crowded and no social distancing was observed( though most people wore facemasks and shield).
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He made the announcement at the PDP Secretariat, in Benin, according to a tweet by the PDP.
Recall that Obaseki had refused his former party APC, to conduct primary elections in the state on the grounds that he wouldn’t want to endanger the lives of the people due to the covid-19 pandemic.
In a interview on Channels Television, Obaseki had maintained that the covid-19 situation in his state was alarming.
“We made it compulsory for people to wear facemask in Edo but despite all of those efforts, we’ve not been able to conquer the trend.
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“It is at that critical stage where it is spreading rapidly and it will be jeopardizing the health and the safety of the citizens of Edo State to allow primary elections to be conducted in 200 locations,” the governor had said.
It is not yet known if the governor would emerge the flagbearer of the PDP at the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.
Obaseki was disqualified by the APC screening committee, over alleged certificate issues.
The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 had recommended the observance of social distancing in any gathering.
