Oshiomhole says PDP’s plan to
reclaim Edo state is dead on arrival , He says the the absence of the PDP
governors at the flag-off of the party governorship campaign showed that the
party already rejected the candidate of one of its factions, Oshiomhole
expresses joy over his reconciliation with his deputy, Dr Pius Odubu Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stand
no chance of defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 10
governorship election in the state.
Speaking during the APC stakeholders’
meeting in Benin on Wednesday, July 13, Oshiomhole described PDP’s plan to
reclaim Edo state as a campaign “dead on arrival”, The Punch reports.
Oshiomhole said that the absence of the PDP governors at the flag-off of the
party governorship campaign showed that the party already rejected the
candidate of one of its factions.
Governor Oshiomhole has described
PDP’s plan to reclaim the state in the September 10 Edo election as a campaign
“dead on arrival”. Governor Oshiomhole has described PDP’s plan to reclaim the
state in the September 10 Edo election as a campaign “dead on arrival”. He
said: “The campaign of the PDP for the forthcoming governorship election in the
state is dead on arrival. Whether you like it or not, the PDP engine is dead on
arrival.
“The early morning signals are
clear. For the first time since 1999, a candidate was being presented to the
people of Edo state for the most important single job and the key pillars were
there fastened to their chairs and their tables, none of them could stand on
their feet to say one word. “While the PDP couldn’t get any national person of
note to present a tattered flag, our own national chairman will be around, as a
former governor, former federal permanent secretary and national chairman of
the governing party to present the flag to our candidate. “My brother governors
will be coming from Friday; all the progressives governors will be here to show
solidarity. We are not going to be represented by one governor. The governors
will come.”
The governor, who recently
reconciled with his deputy, Pius Odubu, over the emergence of the party’s flag
bearer, said: “I submit and I decree that the fact that he (Odubu) readily
accepted in the manner that he did, shows that he knew that he has a stake in
this house. His sweat together with your sweat was used to mold the blocks with
which this house was built. “The reason the Deputy Governor’s position is
extremely important is that there is nobody that has any reason to be more
aggrieved in status, in rank than him.” Governor Oshiomhole had said the
leadership crisis rocking the PDP was God’s making not the hand of man. He also
advised the main opposition party to stop blaming the APC for its woes.
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