Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has urged members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state who are uncomfortable with his leadership of the party to leave.
Obaseki, who spoke at the weekend during an expanded caucus meeting of leaders and members of the PDP, said he has no plan of leaving the PDP.
“I can’t leave PDP. I will not decamp from the PDP; we will always win any election. PDP won in the last election and we will continue to win all elections in the state and country; nothing will stop us as a party,” he said.
He stressed that the constitution of the party endows him with the leadership of the party in the state, a position which is not up for contest by anyone.
The governor also noted that over 539,000 PDP members have been registered in the ongoing e-registration exercise.
According to him, “These numbers are not fabricated as we have the data, pictures, emails, and phone numbers of members of the party we have registered so far. You have broken records as this is the bastion of PDP in Nigeria. We have changed the face of politics in Nigeria.”
“I didn’t give leaders any resources to mobilize them but rather they challenged themselves and achieved the goal to register more members in the state.”
“Some people went around saying people should not join our party. No true party man will do that. Those that engaged in that are not true members of the party and don’t belong to Edo PDP. If not, they will not push people away from the party.”
“Our focus now is on how to engage our members, making them participate in the policy-making process of the party. We don’t need to wait for an election before we act.”
Obaseki, however, charged detractors sponsoring disunity in the state to stop forthwith.
Present at the meeting includes the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu; Chairman PDP Edo State, Anthony Aziegbemi; Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), Hon. Marcus Onobun; Senator Matthew Urhoghide; Senator Clifford Odia; Chief Tom Ikimi; Hon. Joe Edionwele and National Youth Deputy Leader of PDP, Timothy Osadolor, among others.
