An Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of the Federal Capital Territory High Court which in March ordered the suspension of Oshiomhole and also ordered him to stop parading himself as the national chairman of the party.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress said its court-suspended chairman Adams Oshiomhole will hand over to Senator Abiola Ajimobi, deputy national chairman, for the south, who is right now critically ill in the hospital, battling a serious COVID-19 infection that has made doctors put him on the ventilator for close to two weeks.
However, Obaseki took to his Twitter page to make a crucial announcement on Wednesday.
The governor revealed that he has not moved to a new political party to seek re-election.
Obaseki added that his main focus is to control the spread of COVID-19 ravaging the country and not the governorship election slated for September in his state.
He said: “I have not moved to a new platform yet to seek re-election.
“My focus now is to control the spread of the coronavirus (#COVID19) pandemic, which is ravaging our country and threatening our healthcare system.”
The latest announcement, however, shocked many who believed Obaseki’s political movement to the Peoples Democratic Party will be announced soon.
His movement to the PDP was even more expected following his resignation from the APC on Tuesday.
Obaseki announced his resignation from the APC after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari.
He stated that he took the decision after he was disqualified from the party’s primary by committees set up by Adams Oshiomhole.
However, in what is looking like a new twist, the All Progressives Congress had said they have no record of Obaseki’s deregistration as of Tuesday.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK