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Good move united will stand, and Divided will fall. Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON and Chief Dan Orbih, PDP National Chairman Senator Ayu Iyorchia, after a closed door meeting on Monday 30th May with PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar visit Wike at his residence in Abuja. Details later. 

Elempe Dele  For a couple of months now, PDP have been belaboured by internal wrangling over which camp should present members for elective positions. There were arguments for and against, back and forth. The Chief Dan Orbih's camp felt since the Legacy PDP members were not factored into the cabinet equation even with their superior number after the hurriedly hatched amalgamation, the camp should have that, which seems sensible, logical and a fitting matter of natural justice. The Governor Godwin Obaseki's camp felt the governor is the alter ego of the party, he should have both the cabinet and the elective positions as the leader of the party. There were negotiations on this matter for several days by leaders of both camp in Abuja under the Governor Ortom led reconciliation committee but nothing meaningful sufficed. Both parties went home with empty diplomatic bags.  When it was time for preparations for primaries into House of Assembly, House of Representives and Senate, the...

PRESS STATEMENT This press statement has become necessary due to the various conflicting positions being blatantly peddled about in the media spaces; either due to ignorance or outright mischief by some persons in order to further divide our great party.  For the records, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State Chapter, is one indivisible entity bounded by the constitution of the PDP for the common goal of winning elections and making decisions for the general good of the citizenry of Edo State in particular and Nigeria in general. The days leading to this convention has been hectic for the party in the state as delegates congresses and legislative candidates primaries held and the cumulative events saw two courts orders being given days ago. It may not have been well with some of us whose interests might have been affected negatively but it is a big win for democracy and the rule of the law. Needless to delve into the litany of logic or words in the appeal court order, but it...

Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today delivered judgement in favor of legacy PDP in Edo State, as the 3 Adhoc delegates list confirmed authentic, as well as accepting the duly elected candidates of the just concluded primary in the state as authentic by the constitution. This is to assure all PDP legacy that , any other results from other primary will be null and void.  according to one of  the PDP senatorial leader in state . This is a victory for true democracy.  Congratulations to all the legacy  PDP of our great party PDP in Edo state. More details later. 

Hon, Barr. Paschal Ugbome, Ominimi 1 has been declared as the winner in today PDP Senate Primary election, Edo North Senatorial District. Votes Scored by each Aspirants as follows: Hon, Paschal Ugbome -   scored =140 Hon, Tony Ezikeh -  Scored= 47 Hon, Wilson Osigwe -  Scored =11 Total votes cast = 198 Congratulations to Hon, Barr. Paschal Ugbome, Ominimi 1. Wish you more win ahead 2023 general election. Ominimini..... A breath of fresh air. Ominimini Media campaign Organization. Reporting live from Auchi. Edo State.

In the judgement delivered by Theresa Ngolika Orji-Abudua. P.J.C.A.  in the case between Hon. Monday Iyore Osagie ( on behalf of the 576 Ad-hoc delegates elected by PDP monitored by INEC) AND Victor Enoghama, the court  said “THERE IS SOMETHING DUBIOUS AND INEXPLICABLE ABOUT THE APPROACH ADOPTED BY THE LOWER COURT BECAUSE, NATURALLY UPON GRANTING AN EX-PARTE ORDER OF INJUNCTION, THE LOWER COURT OUGHT TO HAVE ADJOURNED THE HEARING OF ANY PENDING MOTION ON NOTICE FOR INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION TO A PARTICULAR OR A GIVEN DATE….”     The judgement put to rest the issue of whether a state High Court has jurisdiction over pre-election matters under the 2022 electoral Act. “ I HAVE CLOSELY STUDIED THE PROPOSED GROUNDS OF APPEAL RAISED BY THE APPLICANTS WHICH FUNDAMENTALLY QUESTIONED THE JURISDICTION OF THE HIGH COURT OF EDO STATE TO HAVE ENTERTAINED THE EX-PARTE APPLICATION OR THE SUIT FILED BY THE RESPONDENTS WHEREIN IT RESTRAINED THE APPLICANTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THEIR P...

The National Working Committee has adjusted the proposed dates for all the Primaries. The new dates are as follows: 1. House of Assembly - Saturday 21st of May. 2. House of Representatives - Sunday 22nd of May. 3. Senate - Monday 23rd of May. Please note the above and adjust accordingly. Hillary Otsu State Secretary

 KINDLY READ!!! “Deborah was my course mate. I just stepped into the class when the uproar on her voice note started. It was her own course mates that started it. One of them said Deborah dared them by refusing to apologise when she was asked to. It all started with a debate on the upcoming examination on a general Whats.App platform created for our course mates. One of the students asked her how she passed the last semester’s examination and in response, she said it was ‘Jesus o.’ “Immediately, about three other chats came in from two Muslims and one Christian, telling her to retract the statement. Two students from other departments who over heard some Muslim boys discussing the matter told Deborah’s close friends to prevail on her to retract the statement. But she replied via a voice note on the platform ‘Holy Ghost fire. Nothing will happen to me. Is it by force that you guys will always be sending this religious stuff in this group? The group wasn’t created for that but rather...

  Hon, Barr. Paschal Ugbome, Ominimini  1 in continuation of his Consultations tour from Local government to Local Government to formally make known his aspiration to contest for Senate to represent Edo North Senatorial District under the platform of the peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on 4th May 2022 met with Delegates from Etsako Central Local government, Etsako West Local government and ended the tour in Etsako East Local government. During his tour in the three Local government he narrated his past experience and achievements as a one time Legislator in Edo State House of Assembly between 1999 to 2003 before contesting for Etsako Central Local council Chairman and won. He recalled that in the Set of 1999 he was the first to sponsor and got a Bill Passed into Law. He Further remarked that as a former Etsako Central Local Council Chairman, he did not disappoint the good people of Etsako Central.                  That as Council...

The governor met with the aspirants alongside party leaders and other Edo PDP officials, at the Government House, Benin City. Obaseki, who sued for unity and harmony among party members and leaders, expressed confidence that the party will come out victorious in the forthcoming general elections. He noted, “We have 24 seats in the EDHA and 162 people are contesting; it’s not everyone that will get the position. We should be united and not be our own opponents. The way we go about this primary election is very important. "This is the first time since 1999 that a fundamental amendment has been made to the Electoral Act. After the primary election, we have nine months to prepare and campaign and the journey will not be easy or cheap. We should conserve our energy for this process. We should work in unity to win the forthcoming EDHA election in 2023. S “We have a primary election coming up and I am not asking anybody to step down but to sit with party leaders and see how to discuss an...