The Edo State Governor , Godwin Obaseki, and his estranged political godfather , Adams Oshiomhole, have commenced consultations to end the political rift between them .
Obaseki’ s Chief of Staff , Mr Taiwo Akerele , revealed this while responding to questions from reporters during an event to mark his 44 th birthday in Benin , on Sunday .
He said it was too early to reveal how far deliberations had gone but expressed confidence that appreciable progress had been made .
Akerele said , “When the time comes , we will invite you just like this and address you. ” He said this in response to a question from The insidesources magazine as to whether the duo had reached out to each other since Oshiomhole announced a truce last week . The governor ’s aide added , “( For) the Governor , getting the ticket is not in contention but we will go into primaries and the party has a formula for it. It can be either consensus or none consensus, whichever it is , Obaseki and Philip are ready . Ordinarily he should be given the right of first refusal.
“Oshiomhole and Obaseki are very close ; nobody should be deceived even as we speak . But of course , the issue they have is political and it is resolvable .
“The difference they have is political disagreement and it is resolvable ; some factors came in and heightened the tension, otherwise this is a very minor thing. Remember , we were in Iyamoh during the Sallah celebration , that was in the middle of the crisis, we were there and we even blamed the media for the whole thing. ”
He expressed gratitude to Obaseki for giving him the opportunity to serve in his government especially because he had no political godfather .
According to him , his appointment marked the very first time a person from Akoko- Edo was given such an important position in government.
