Towards ensuring victory in next year’s governorship election in Edo State, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has inaugurated a 17-man Reconciliation and Mobilization committee headed by Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
The committee was to among other things reach out to aggrieve PDP members and preach message of hope to the people of the state.
Inaugurating the committee, Thursday, State Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, said the PDP was ready to occupy Osadebey Avenue, Edo seat of power.
Chief Orbih noted that members of the committee were carefully selected because of their track record and wondered why Governor Adams Oshiomhole took the lead to accusing the PDP of corruption.
Orbih queried why the Oshiomhole should collect over N42bn since 2008 as security votes when there was no serious security threat in the state.
According to him, “Who is Oshiomhole to be talking about $6 billion taken by somebody to the US? Since when did he become the conscience of the nation? Who is he to be informed by an official of the US government?
“We, however, understand that all the noise he has been making is coming as a result of the realization of the potent force of the PDP in Edo State. He is doing this in an attempt to divert attention from the unprecedented primitive looting that is ongoing in Edo State under his watch.
Chief Dokpesi in his acceptance speech described the APC as a party that lacked democratic credentials.
Dokpesi said the responsibilities of the committee were critical to the political fortunes of the party in next year’s Governorship elections.
He said the current opposition status of the PDP in the state was caused by the PDP members penchant for undermining well known democratic practices, ‘lack of internal democracy, the crave for personal interest to override the general good of the party and the determined posturing of self before others, are to mention a few the root cause of our political dilemma in state.’
“The answer is inevitably that we are guilty as charged. What we have to do to regain power and disband the situation where a minority currently governs the majority is very simple.
“A sizeable majority of the people of Edo State are PDP in heart, soul and mind. Their current frustration stems from how certain things have been done in the past. We have failed to deliver on the letters and spirit of equity, fairness and justice. Ironically, our own sing-song for pushing minority rights at the centre.”
Other members of the reconciliation and mobilisation committee as announced by the
Edo State chairman of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, are Hon Abass Braimah, Senator Odion Ugbesia, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, Chief Solomon Edebiri, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Mr Matthew Uduoyekewmen, Hon John Yakubu and others.
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