The governor partook in the scheme in 1980 but it turned out there was an error on the certificate issued to him with an alphabet missing in his surname which read Obasek instead of Obaseki.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) panel which screened aspirants for the Edo 2020 primary had cited this error as one of the reasons for disqualifying the governor from the race, a decision which made him defect to the People’s Democratic Party PDP where he contested and won the primary.
The coast had earlier been cleared for governor Obaseki’s win after other aspirants running against him stepped down.
