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Charles Idahosa Puts PDP Governors To Task Over Agreement With Obaseki

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1 year ago

January 28, 2024

A member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Charles Idahosa has taken the party’s governors and other national leaders involved in the June 2020 agreement that brought Governor Godwin Obaseki to the party to task over the agreement they reached with him.

Idahosa, who was at the time a close associate of the governor and helped to broker the deal said the governors and PDP leaders pleaded with Hon Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama who was set to get the ticket to step down under an agreement that he said Obaseki has now failed to honour.

Idahosa, one of the leading political actors in Edo State with experience from the Lucky Igbinedion era disclosed how he helped to guide Obaseki when he ran into troubled waters with Senator Adams Oshiomhole but said he is now full of regrets over the governor’s failure to honour basic agreements.

Idahosa who returned to the PDP with Obaseki but has now dumped him to identify with the mainstream of the party in the Legacy Group led by Chief Dan Orbih, national vice-chairman, South-South, said:

“The truth of the matter is that the national should do what is right. All those that took part in the agreement and settlement with Ogbeide-Ihama who was already the candidate of the PDP before we forced him down, they are still alive if they are no more governors, they are still relevant they should say the agreement they reached at that time and they should tell us who fulfilled his own or who did not.

“Because if by any error of omission or commission they deny Ogbeide-Ihama the governorship ticket which he is supposed to get because of what they arranged for Obaseki to come in who was given a waiver by the same national, PDP is finished in Edo State.

“Ogbeide-Ihama was already the candidate of PDP, it was already clear, nobody was going to stop him,” Idahosa said of the position in June 2020.

“I invited him (Ogbeide-Ihama) to my house. Himself and Osaro Idah, because we are related. Here in my sitting room. I pleaded with him and he stepped down. I told Obaseki, you go and discuss with them. That was how they went to Port Harcourt. He left here in my house in the night with one of his uncles, his mother’s immediate younger brother, a retired director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

“He is alive today. It is like after reading 48 Laws of Power, where they told you to destroy those who made you and that is what he is doing,” Idahosa said.

Addressing fears on Ogbeide-Ihama’s capacity to win the election for the PDP given his political experience as having only represented Oredo Federal Constituency, Idahosa said:

“He broke the jinx in Oredo, it had never happened before. Oredo is a mini Edo state, there is no tribe that is not represented in Oredo, he went there twice nobody has ever done it, he broke the jinx. Before him, you only go for four years, nobody has been able to go two times, he was there twice and he has been in the party since 1998.”

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2027: Power Minister Declares Oyo gov Ambition, Begins Consultation

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14 hours ago

July 5, 2025

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Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, on Friday, met with All Progressives Congress leaders and stakeholders in Ogbomoso and Oyo zones in Oyo State, respectively.

Addressing party members in Ogbomoso at the residence of one of the leaders of the party, Ayoade Adeseun, the minister said the meeting was part of his consultations across geopolitical zones in the state towards realisation of his governorship ambition in 2027.

He, therefore, allayed the fear of the party stakeholders that APC would not impose any aspirant in 2027, saying, “I’m up to the task, I want to show them that I can withstand and survive competition and come out victorious.”

While seeking their supports towards the realisation of his ambition, Adelabu pleaded for forgiveness from aggrieved members, saying they should be concerned of how the party will come back to power in 2027.

He said, “I’m here to tell you that I want to contest for governor of Oyo State in 2027. I’m ready to put to test all experience I’ve gathered from the past two elections.

“I’m not against other zones becoming governor of the state, all I know is that God’s time is the best.

“Ogbomoso is very important in this state election, I’m here to seek for your support and backing, I’m happy to see that all the factions in Ogbomoso are now one.”

He also called on people in the zone to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu for more dividends of democracy.

“This is another turn of Yorubas to serve their two terms as President of Nigeria. Nigeria has a lot to benefit if Tinubu is re-elected,” Adelabu added.

In Oyo town, Adelabu pleaded for their supports, saying “I will run all inclusive government where everybody will be involved in governance of the state and no one will be left behind if I become governor of the state in 2027.

“I’m here for people to know that no one can impose anybody, I want to work and prove to our party members that I’m up to the task, I want to show them that I can withstand and survive competition and come out victorious.

“Oyo is like a second home to me, my supporters, followers, associates and allied are all here, they have been supporting me in the past and they are ready to support me again.

“I will give what is due to Oyo. Oyo zone deserves better treatment because it is symbolic, Oyo is historical, symbolic and blessing to the entire state.”

Adeseun and son of former governor, Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala, urged members of the party to come together and ensure emergence of the APC in 2027.

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JUST IN] 2027: South-South APC Endorses Tinubu, Four Govs For Re-election

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16 hours ago

July 5, 2025

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The All Progressives Congress South-South zone, on Saturday, rose from its zonal stakeholders meeting in Benin City, Edo State capital, with a resolution to adopt President Bola Tinubu as the zone’s sole presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

The party also adopted the four governors of the party in South-South as sole candidates for the party in the 2027 governorship elections in the four states controlled by the party.

The four governors who benefited from the resolution are Governor Bassey Edet of Cross River State, who doubles as the South-South APC Coordinator, and Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State.

The two others are governors of Delta and Akwa Ibom States, Sheriff Oborevwori, and Umo Bassey Eno, respectively, who joined the APC from their former People’s Democratic Party, a few months ago.

The communique containing the resolutions was read by Chief Victor Giadom, APC National Vice Chairman, South-South, and the motion for its adoption was moved by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, and seconded by the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, presiding.

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Coalition: Why Tinubu Must Not Sleep —Primate Ayodele

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21 hours ago

July 5, 2025

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Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has warned President Bola Tinubu to be vigilant, stating that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is already making mistakes that could cost them victory in the 2027 elections.

According to Primate Ayodele, the APC’s national convention will mark the beginning of the party’s crisis.

“For APC, their convention is dangerous, and the convention will mark the beginning of APC’s crisis. Tinubu must not sleep because mistakes are being made already. I see serious problems in the party, but they are not yet seeing it,” he revealed.

Primate Ayodele also revealed that there are several things God has shown him regarding the 2027 elections, and more will be revealed at the launch of his annual prophecy book, “Warnings to the Nations,” on July 5, 2025.

The book, which has been published annually since 1994, features prophecies concerning various nations, world leaders, and influential individuals.

In addition to his warning to President Tinubu, Primate Ayodele advised opposition candidates against relying on their proposed coalition platform, All Democratic Alliance (ADA), saying it will fail.

Instead, he suggested they adopt the African Democratic Congress (ADC) platform, which he believes has the capacity to build something strong.

“ADA Party will not give you anything, ADC is better for a coalition front than ADA. Even SDP cannot make any tangible movement, let them use ADC so they won’t build on an infertile ground.”

The upcoming edition of “Warnings to the Nations” spans over 600 pages and features prophecies on Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, Ghana’s President John Mahama, and prominent Nigerian billionaires such as Mike Adenuga, Aliko Dangote, and Abdul Samad Rabiu.

The book has a track record of accurately foretelling significant global events, with over 15,000 prophecies coming to pass since its inception.