By Ogochukwu Isioma
Chief Dan Osi Orbih, National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, has rejected his membership of the Edo PDP 2024 Governorship Campaign Council.
He made the decision known on Saturday at the Edo North PDP Leaders/Stakeholders Meeting (Legacy) held in Ogbona, his county home, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.
This was as the former Edo State PDP Chairman declared that all is not well with the party in the state, saying, “Let no one be deceived.”
Orbih’s name was featured on the 200-membership Campaign Council list of the Edo PDP for the September 21, 2024 gubernatorial election, led by Governor Godwin Obaseki as Advisory Committee Chairman.
However, rejecting the appointment, Orbih said that he was not consulted before his name was included in the list which was unveiled on Thursday by the Edo PDP Organizing Secretary, Anthony Anenih Jr.
He said none of the party’s chieftains bothered to inform him that his name was included in the list as he was not invited to the meeting when the decision to set up the council was taken.
“Nobody told me of any campaign council and I am not aware of it. Some people who saw my name on the list called me. I have not seen the list and I am not aware of it and not party to the composition of the council.”
Chief Orbih’s led PDP Legacy Group has been at daggers drawn with the Governor Godwin Obaseki led PDP new entrants group for the control of the soul of the party.
The cold war between the two feuding factions led to several litigations during the run up to the 2023 polls as the two camps jostled for the party’s tickets for the National and the State House of Assembly.
