By Editor
The purported naming of the South South Zonal National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih among the recently constituted 200-man Edo PDP Governorship Campaign Council has come to him (Orbih) as a rude shock
Chief Orbih, who is distancing himself from the machine oiled to tour the ward and local government areas for political campaigns and strategizing for winning the election, said that he was not consulted before his name was smuggled into the list which was unveiled on Thursday by the State Organizing Secretary of the party, Mr. Anthony Anenih ,Jnr.
Governor Obaseki, former Governor Lucky Igbinedion, Senator Daisy Ehanire-Danjuma, ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Tom Ikimi, among others are to lead the Advisory Committee of the Governorship Campaign Council while former Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Mathew Iduoriyekemwem will lead the Management Team as Director General.
Again, the top PDP leader said that none of the party’s chieftains bothered to inform him that his name was included in the list as he was not invited to the meeting when the decision to set up the council was taken.
“Nobody told me of any Campaign Council and I am not aware of it.
“Some people who saw my name on the list called me. I have not seen the list and I am not aware of it and not party to the composition of the council.”
The name of immediate past member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama (Oredo), an ally of the South South Zonal national Vice Chairman, was conspicuously missing on the list.
Chief Orbih’s headed Legacy Group has been at loggerhead with the Governor Godwin Obaseki led group for the control of the soul of the party.
The cold war between the two feuding factions led to several litigations during the run up to the 2023 polls as the two camps jostled for the party’s tickets for the National and the State House of Assemblies.
