Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as a gross violation of the party’s. constitution. The party members who stormed the APC national secretariat on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday’s governorship primary…
Edo State All Progressives Congress Youth leader, Tony Adun, has apologised to the party for leading youths and women to vandalise the secretariat after the first primary election on February 17, which threw up three winners. The crowd who were led by Adun, popularly known as Kabaka, forced their way into the offices and brought…
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has raised the alarm over what he described as an intensified scheme to remove him from office. According to Shaibu, the plot gained momentum following his emergence as the factional candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming governorship election in the state. The controversy surrounding the…
APC governorship aspirant in the Edo governorship race, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has pulled out of the rescheduled primary election scheduled for today. Osunbor disclosed this in a letter dated February 21, 2024. Recall that the former Edo governor last Tuesday submitted a petition to the APC Appeals committee and demanded a rescheduled primary that would…
One of the aspirants in the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary in Edo State, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, has withdrawn from the race. Ogbeide-Ihama stated this in a letter addressed to the party’s National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, and copied to the National Working Committee of the PDP. The letter, which was made available to journalists on…
A former Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Andrew Emwanta, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. The former commissioner said he was resigning because of the flawed governorship primaries which took place on Saturday. The election produced three winners. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the primary, Governor Hope Uzodimma announced Dennis…
APC in Edo state was thrown into confusion on Saturday as two governorship candidates emerged winners of the All Progressives Congress primary election for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. Member of House of Representatives, Hon Dennis Idahosa, was earlier announced winner by the Chairman, APC Primary Election Committee and governor of Imo…
A former Edo Deputy Governor Chief Lucky Imasuen has joined Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to withdraw from the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election holding today. Imasuen and Ize-Iyamu were among the 12 governorship aspirants screened and cleared by a committee put in place by the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC. While Ize-Iyamu withdrew from…
The Governorship aspirant screening committee of APC in Edo state has cleared 12 persons to battle for the party’s ticket. The ruling party had scheduled its primary elections for February 22. A statement signed by the National Organizing Secretary, Suleiman Muhammad Argungu said the screening exercise took place between Thursday and Friday. Those successfully cleared…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party seems to have no end in sight as the party’s congress election in Edo State, on Sunday, generated uproar as nine out of the 11 PDP governorship aspirants boycotted the exercise. The Congress was conducted to pick delegates that will participate in the party’s February 22 governorship primary….
