From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
Chairman of Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Anthony Aziegbemi, yesterday, said the rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, would soon be resolved.
He stated this at a press conference to announce the activities of the September 2 local government area election in the state.
Aziegbemi said that it was not out of place for disagreements to occur between two persons, saying even identical twins do have rifts.
“The leaders of the party are not sleeping on it. We are looking at the various options. You expect that such rift will exist because even identical twins have different DNA, mores when it comes to the political ambitions of human beings, the DNA can go haywire. So, as a party, we think that we will control it, we have it under our control and absolutely the rift will soon be a thing of the past.”
Aziegbemi who also spoke on the level of preparedness of the party for the LGA election, said the PDP was the party to beat.
“We wish to state very clearly that we are ready for the elections. As a party, we have done all things necessary for the elections, all arrangements have been made. It is a case of catch us if you can in terms of other political parties as far as the September elections are concerned.
“We are not any other political party, we are PDP. We do not write results. If we wanted to write results, we won’t go through the strenuous activities we lined up. You will recall that it was only PDP that the governor personally met with all aspirants, including chairmanship and councillorship.
“We went round the senatorial zones to meet with them. When the candidates emerged, he met with them again. Is that somebody that you think will want yo write results. I can assure Edo people that we are ready for the elections.”
He expressed the hope that the electorate would reciprocate the good works of the governor by voting for all candidates of the party in the forthcoming councils election.
He, however, warned those crying wolf that the state governor has already perfected plans to rig the election in favour of the party to have a rethink and concentrate on the election proper as the PDP is out to win.
