Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said that President Muhammadu Buhari made several unsuccessful attempts at settling the rifts between Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before he finally decided to allow the process to run its course.
Adesina made this known as he gave an insight into President Buhariâs stance on the political travails of the Edo state governor
Obaseki, who has been fighting a protracted political battle with Oshiomhole was on Friday disqualified by the APC from contesting the forthcoming governorship primary of the party.
Obaseki later announced his resignation on Tuesday from the APC after he met with the President in Abuja.
âOne thing about the president is that he likes to be fair to everybody,â Adesina said in a video interview he had on Facebook on Sunday with a UK-based Nigerian citizen, Ata Ikiddeh.
âSo those who are complaining he has not done this, he has not done that, they donât know what he has done.
âWhat he has done is to meet with the parties separately. And he has been doing this for more than a year since the crisis in Edo began.
âSo, if the people are in entrenched positions and refuse to shift ground, what would the president do as a democrat? You allow the process to run its course.
âWhat people expect the president to do is to legislate things, to order Obaseki âNo, step downâ or order Oshiomhole âNo, give him the ticketâ.
âThat is not democracy. When you begin to order and legislate things like that you would be unfair to one party.
âBut before Edo, there was Rivers, there was Zamfara and of course you know many other states were the governing party lost because of internal issues.
âWhat may not be apparent to the public is what the president did in all those states and he has done in Edo.â
