The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State Chapter, on Friday, April 3, stated its preparedness to retain its hold as the ruling party in Edo State.
This is coming with the inauguration of a 363-member Campaign Council by the Executive Governor of the State, Goodwin Obaseki.
While performing the inauguration, Obaseki mocked a splitter group of the PDP, the Lagacy Group. The Governor used the occasion to describe the Legacy Group as disorganized.
Recall that the Legacy Group is headed by the party Vice Chairman, South-South, Dan Orbih. But duo to misunderstanding, Orbih had vowed not to work with Obaseki and the party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo. The Group said unless their grievances were looked into.
According to report, the group stated that they are been treated unfairly by Governor Obaseki. “This is despite aiding his move to PDP in 2020 and ensuring that he won the second term.
The report also stated that Orbih also has the impeached Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu and Kabiru Adjoto, until recently in his group.
But, not expressing any doubt, Obaseki noted that the PDP has the best candidates and programmes for the people of Edo.
The Governor, therefore, alleged that the factional PDP members fighting in the party have collected money from opposition parties to destabilize the PDP in the State. He, however, warned such persons to stay away or face his wrath.
“The timetable is out, can you see any of them (Legacy Group)? Can they organize themselves? PDP leads, others follow.”
“PDP is one. Those who are fighting the PDP have collected money from the other parties. And they want to sell out. Join me so that we can flush them out of our party. Because we are not going to allow anybody to divide us. We are one party; one indivisible party in Edo State.
“The money they have collected is enough, let them go and enjoy it. Let them go and spend it outside. We don’t have anything to be afraid of. I will fight them if they try us and we will fight them if they try us. They know us, we never fight and lose. Let them come and try. They should not disturb us. Because this election is ours and we are going to win by the grace of God.”
The Governor declared that the opposition has no space in Edo State. He also boasted that the PDP has put together hardworking campaign council members. According to him, the council is going to deliver 80 per cent of the total votes to the party.
“By the grace of God, this campaign council will deliver nothing less than 80 per cent of votes.
“APC have no place here. They cannot destroy us at the centre and want to still come and destroy us here. We will not allow it. The hunger is too much out there, we are preventing the hunger from coming to Edo.
“Everybody sees what is happening in Nigeria today. You can see the suffering in the land. You can see the struggle in Edo. But we pulled Edo out of those problems. So, our campaign is going to be based on the hope we will give our citizens in Edo State,” the Governor said.
Obaseki pointed that the structure of the campaign council was rooted in all the 192 wards across the State. He, therefore, added that every organ of the party was captured.
source: PUNCH
