Edo PDP crisis deepens as party leaders kick against Orbih’s return

BENIN—THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State following the decision by some leaders of the party to kick against the return of Chief Dan Orbih as state chairman of the party heightened, yesterday, with 3the leaders reiterating their opposition to his return.

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They said he had nothing new to offer the party after six years in office.

The leaders were reacting to an interview by a former Vice Chairman of the party, Paschal Ugbome, who insisted that Chief Orbih had performed creditably in the state PDP, and as a result “he will be re-elected in the forthcoming congress of the party.”

But a chieftain of the party in Edo South, Mr. Osaze Jesurobo and two time former chairman of Owan West Local Government Area and leader of the PDP in Edo North, Dan Asekhame, disagreed with Ugbome, stressing that the entire leadership of the party should give way for new persons so as to be able to stand a chance in the 2016 governorship election in the state.

Jesurobo said: “We have been saying it internally that Orbih should give way but we need to react to the comment by Ugbome. What he said are his personal views, those are not the views of majority of the party. For somebody that cannot win three elections in a row has nothing new to offer the party.”

 

Edo PDP crisis deepens as party leaders kick against Orbih’s return