Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki’s camp has been depleted again as the Deputy Speaker of House of Assembly Yekini Idiaye and four other lawmakers have declared their support for the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
The lawmakers are among the 10 that were inaugurated in July 2019 while 14 others remain yet to be inaugurated.
According to the lawmakers, their decision is to remain in the APC on whose platform they were elected.
They insist on not joining the state governor, Godwin Obaseki in his new party, the PDP.
The lawmakers also alleged that the state executive led by governor Obaseki has made the legislature irrelevant and unable to perform its functions as enshrined in the constitution.
Earlier, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the final list of candidates in the poll indicating that 14 candidates will contest in the election.
