Buhari Reluctantly Endorsed Ize-Iyamu – Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari was pressured into endorsing Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu for the Edo gubernatorial election.

Naija News reports that President Buhari on Friday presented the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Ize-Iyamu ahead of the September 19 governorship election.

Reacting in a statement on Friday titled ‘We sympathise with Buhari’s dilemma in endorsing Ize-Iyamu Osagie’, Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy to Obaseki, said it was disappointing that Buhari endorsed Ize-Iyamu who is facing corruption charges to the tune of N700m.

He said, “President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday was confronted with a dilemma of no mean proportion, to raise the hand of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the APC in the September 19 gubernatorial election taking place in Edo State.

“The President was constrained to carry out the action, which indeed was a dilemma.

“We sympathise with the President, who reluctantly handed the APC candidate the party’s flag and unveiled him behind closed doors.

“The event was disgraceful, to say the least, but the President had to carry out the unpleasant assignment for the sake of his party.”