Posted by Gov. Godwin Obaseki should take the fallout if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) does not field a candidate in the next Edo gubernatorial election, according to Mr. Hilary Otsu, Secretary of the PDP’s Edo Chapter.
In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, Otsu stated that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) ought to take some of the blame as well.
He was responding to the possibility that the party would not field a candidate for the election as a result of the crisis that surrounded the election of the ward congress.
The majority of gubernatorial candidates disapproved of the congress results, which will serve as the core group of primary voters.
Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu, the chairman of the congress’ election committee, asserted that the polls were transparent.
According to Otsu, Obaseki and the NWC had a responsibility to start a sincere process of reconciliation that would result in unification.
“I think politics is the root of all problems and may be addressed as such. It is best to complete this reconciliation as soon as possible.
However, we run the regrettable possibility of not fielding a candidate if it is allowed to fester.
“In this instance, it is imperative that the governor and the NWC be prepared to assume accountability with regards to Edo 2024,” he declared.
The secretary added that the current procedure for selecting the state’s party’s nominee for governor was not meeting the expectations of the state executive committee.
No one, he claimed, could be content with a process that was faulty from the beginning.
The process’s basic deception of placing congressional materials in the state governor’s possession for “safe keeping” undermines the idea of justice.
“I’m sure that, in addition to the fact that they were disqualified, is why nine out of ten candidates have protested,” he stated.
He stated that considering the significant amount of money they spent—roughly N40 million apiece—just to purchase forms, their responses were unjustifiable.