Edo PDP crisis deepens as Wike’s loyalists elect parallel executive

The interior situation wrong the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful Edo State worsened connected Sunday arsenic loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, elected a parallel authorities enforcement committee led by Nosa Ogieva.

Ogieva and 13 others, nether the level of the Legacy Group, were sworn successful astatine the group’s 2025 State Congress held successful Benin City. Out of the 14 positions, 11 officers were returned unopposed, portion Tony Aziegbemi, Henry Tenebe, and Victor Enoghama contested for the offices of State Chairman, Secretary, and Deputy Chairman respectively.

The congress, according to organisers, was attended by 576 delegates drawn from the 192 wards crossed the state.

In his acceptance speech, Ogieva pledged to rebuild and reposition the PDP successful Edo, saying his squad would prioritise unity and electoral strength. “Our emergence marks a caller section successful Edo PDP. We volition not betray this enactment nor instrumentality it for granted. We are present to reposition and rebrand the PDP truthful it tin statesman to triumph elections again,” helium said.

Chief Dan Orbih, person of the Legacy Group and erstwhile PDP National Vice Chairman (South-South), accused erstwhile Governor Godwin Obaseki of plunging the enactment into crisis. He said the PDP successful Edo had been agreed until Obaseki’s defection, which, according to him, “sowed seeds of discord and near the umbrella torn and shattered.”

Orbih further alleged that the party’s mediocre showing successful caller by-elections reflected Obaseki’s waning popularity and divisive leadership. “For the archetypal clip successful our history, elected governors, senators, and House members are leaving the PDP each day, each due to the fact that of nonaccomplishment of leadership,” helium lamented.

He besides dismissed the rival faction loyal to Obaseki arsenic “undertakers praying for the PDP to illness truthful they tin articulation the African Democratic Congress (ADC).”

The Legacy Group person urged members to rally down leaders with integrity and capacity, stressing that those consenting to merchantability retired oregon contradict members their rights should not person a spot successful the restructured PDP.

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