Edo 2024: Obaseki, Orbih On The Spot Over Secret Agreement

Edo Political Agenda, EPA has called on political actors especially in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to come up with the truth on the agreement if any reached with Governor Godwin Obaseki for him to enter the party in 2020.

The group said that its quest follows unconfirmed rumours of cash exchanges and assertions that the national leadership reached a quiet agreement to accommodate the interests of one of the leading candidates in 2020 in the 2024 election.

In the statement issued by Imman Ekpeneru, national coordinator, the group said that clearing the air will help to give direction to the unfolding quest for the 2024 governorship ticket of the party.

“As a body with the interest of Edo State at heart and being at home with political actors from the state, we are now sufficiently bothered by the rumours that there was an agreement reached with some stakeholders over the 2024 ticket of the party.

“We do not have any proof of the claim of a cash exchange, but we are sufficiently bothered by increasing rumours of an agreement in 2020 to accommodate the interest of a particular frontline aspirant at that time after he was persuaded to step down for Godwin Obaseki.

“The rumour is that the party would accommodate his interest in 2024 as it was said then that he was still young.

“We believe that in the light of the national party’s drive to retain the state for PDP that efforts should be made towards revealing the truth on what really happened prior to the gift of the PDP ticket to Obaseki.

“Was there any agreement reached with some or a particular aspirant in 2020 towards  compensating him for his action in gifting Obaseki the ticket?

“We particularly call out Governor Obaseki, the national vice-chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, the state chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi and others who may be in the know to speak out truthfully on this issue for the sake of truth which the PDP essentially requires at this time.”

Concluding, the group vowed that it would not keep quiet till the three major actors or any other authority sheds light on the issue.

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