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[UPDATED] Edo Poll: Central PDP Adopts Ighodalo As Consensus Guber Aspirant

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2 years ago

January 11, 2024

In an effort to make sure the Esan extraction produces the next governor of Edo State, leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo Central Senatorial District, on Thursday, adopted Barrister Asue Ighodalo as their consensus aspirant.

This followed a recommendation made by a special committee set up by Edo central PDP to screen governoship aspirants from the Esan extraction with a view to producing only one aspirant from the central zone.

Reading the report of the special committee at the PDP senatorial secretariat in Uromi in a meeting well attended by party stakeholders from the five local government councils that make up the zone, chairman of the special committee, Chief Tom Ikimi, said after tour across the five local government councils and discussion with other aspirants, they all stepped down, making Ighodalo the only man standing.

“The Chairman, High Chief Tom Ikimi, read a letter he received from Marcus Onobun announcing his withdrawal from the race and his support for Barr Asue Ighodalo.

“Senator Clifford Ordia addressed the committee to express his support for the Esan agenda which he believes could only succeed if we set aside personal ambition and work together. He, therefore, announced his withdrawal and support for Barr Asue Ighodalo, the committee report reads in part,” the report reads

It added: “Hon John Yakubu addressed the Committee to convey the outcome of his wide consultations that he had made, which has resulted in him laying down his Gubernatorial aspiration.

“He submitted a written letter to the committee to confirm his stepping down and that he now stood solidly in support of Barr. Asue Ighodalo. Hon John Yakubu was there after cohorted as a member of the committee.

“Under the circumstance, Barr Asue Ighodalo, remaining the only aspirant facing the committee, after receiving overwhelming support from a majority of the other aspirants made an impeccable presentation to the committee.

“Accordingly, the committee unanimously accepted him and hereby recommends him as the consensus aspirant for the PDP Edo Central Senatorial District to contest the PDP ticket for the Edo State Gubernatorial Election 2024.”

Expressing joy at the development, Ikimi said he was optimistic that as the PDP central had made Ighodalo a consensus aspirant other zones will follow suit.

“The next agenda is for us to take the agenda to our brothers in Edo North for them to support our agenda. We have chosen an aspirant and we hope he becomes a candidate of the PDP in Edo State. In that way Edo State will become a united states where there is fairness and sense of belonging,” it added.

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What PDP Said About Wike’s Media Parley

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9 hours ago

December 29, 2025

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of being a constant agent of provocation in the political space, alleging that he creates trouble to mask selfish intentions.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in response to Wike’s media parley with selected journalists in Port Harcourt, also held on Monday.

According to the PDP, remarks made by the minister on several occasions are proof that he falls short of being a locus classicus of anti-democratic adventurism.

The party said Wike’s conduct was not new, stressing that he has consistently acted as an agent provocateur in the political arena, stirring controversy to advance personal interests.

The PDP further stated that since Wike assumed office as Governor of Rivers State in 2015, he has remained a recurrent source of trouble within the party’s leadership.

“From the Sheriff era, where he was a forerunner in the Sheriff-for-National Chairman movement and later turned to fight and remove Sheriff; later he championed the Uche Secondus-for-National Chairman movement (in fact, he granted a very combustible interview that polarized the party just before the convention) and then was the same person fighting to remove Secondus.

“The same Wike led the movement to produce Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman against the advice of many party leaders, and so soon thereafter, it was Wike again who led the Ayu-must-go struggle.

“By his end-of-year media chat, Minister Nyesom Wike has reiterated his support for, and in fact declared that he is the ‘number one supporter’ of the presumptive candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 Presidential election, while remaining a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, confirming the basis of his expulsion from the PDP, for anti-party activities,” the statement said.

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JUST IN: INEC Excludes PDP From Ekiti Governorship Election

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11 hours ago

December 29, 2025

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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election, Dr Wole Oluyede, and his deputy were conspicuously absent as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the provisional list of party candidates ahead of the election.

INEC on Monday posted the list of candidates from 12 political parties vying for the state’s top job at its office on New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The list shows that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is fielding the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji, with Monisade Afuye as his running mate.

Other candidates include Opeyemi Falegan of the Accord Party, with Omoyemi Olaleye as deputy; Akande Oluwasegun of the African Action Congress, paired with Oluwasanmi Fajuyigbe; and Ayodeji Ojo of the Action Democratic Party, with Itunu Ibitoye as running mate.

Similarly, the African Democratic Congress is presenting Oluwadare Bejide and Paul Olowoyeye, while the Action Peoples Party has Bidemi Awogbemi and Akinyemi Adewumi on its ticket.

The PDP’s absence may not be unconnected with the leadership crisis currently rocking the party at the national level.

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Wike Speaks On Defecting To APC

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15 hours ago

December 29, 2025

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, dismissed any possibility of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Wike, however, disclosed that a lot of PDP leaders will join him if he decides to defect to the APC.

The Minister, who spoke during his media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said: “Today, if I say that I want to go to APC that will be the end of even talking about it.

“You will see other states, joining, leaders in other states joining, I’m not a leader that’s concentrated in the state. No.

“If today I say gentlemen, we have had enough of PDP we have to move, watch those who will decamp in Benue, Plateau, Abia, Edo.”

The Minister also declared that he is still a member of the PDP, hence Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is unhappy.

“I’m a member of the PDP, that’s why I’m still there and Seyi is not happy. That’s not correct, that you are a member of the assembly or council Chairman or National Assembly does not mean that there is no other person,” he added.