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Jethro Ibileke/Benin:An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 10 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that it would be a sin against God and the people of the state, if he refused to work for Edo people after the tenure of incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Obaseki who allegedly has the backing of Oshiomhole for his ambition, stated this on Friday in Benin at the public declaration of his intention to run on the platform of the APC. He declared: “It will be a sin against God and my people if I walk away from Edo State with the knowledge and experience that I have gathered. It will be unpatriotic not to stand and be counted. Over the last thirty years, I have had successful experience in the private sector and over the last seven years I have been part of the most successful administration in Nigeria. As this administration comes to an end, we are faced with new challenges. As you all know the price of crude oil has reduced si

Ali Modu Sheriff, PDP national chairman The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its South West zonal congress scheduled for May 14, in line with the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos. The National Secretary of the party, Prof. Adewale Oladipo stated this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Oladipo said that the South West re-elected Zonal Secretary of PDP, Chief Gbenga Otemolu, had approached the court urging it to stop the congress, arguing that the current executives in the zone were yet to complete their tenure. He said that Otemolu went to court on behalf of his colleagues, insisting that they were elected in 2014, and that their four years tenure as specified in the party’s Constitution, would end till 2018. “We are in receipt of an order from the Federal High Court in Lagos which had ordered us to put a stop to the exercise, pending when the case filed is heard and resolved. “As a law-abiding political party, we have been served this order. “I, as