Obaseki, NWC Should Be Blamed If PDP Doesn’t Field Candidate In Edo Guber – Secretary

Mr Hilary Otsu, Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo Chapter, says Governor Godwin Obaseki should be blamed in the absence of a PDP candidate in the upcoming Edo gubernatorial election.

Otsu said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, on Thursday said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party should also share in the blame.

He was reacting to the prospects of the PDP failing to have a candidate for the Edo election given the crisis that trailed its ward congress election in which Governor Obaseki has been blamed by some section of the party.

GWG.ng reports that all but one of the 10 governorship aspirants rejected the outcome of the congresses which will form the nucleus of voters in the primaries.

However, the chairman of the congress election committee, Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu, said the elections were transparent.’

Otsu said it was incumbent on Obaseki and NWC to initiate a genuine reconciliation process that would bring about unity in PDP in Edo.

“I believe that everything is about politics and can be resolved as such. The earlier this (reconciliation) is done the better.

“But if it is left to fester, then we stand the unfortunate risk of not fielding a candidate.

“In this case the governor and the NWC must be ready to take responsibility for, as far as Edo 2024 is concerned”, he said.

The secretary also said that the Edo PDP state executive committee was not satisfied with the ongoing process to pick the state’s party governorship candidate given the alleged interference of Governor Obaseki.

According to him, no one can be satisfied with a process that is flawed from the start.

“The mere fraud of depositing the congress materials in the custody of the state governor for “safe keeping” negates the principle of fairness in the process.

“I am sure that is why nine aspirants out of ten have protested, coupled with the fact that they were excluded’’, he said.

It said their reactions could not be faulted given the huge investment they made including about N40 million each, just to buy forms. (NAN)

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