EDO 2016: #PDP CANDIDATE EMERGES
TODAY.
ALL is set for the conduct of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
primaries for the Edo
governorship election. Today, 576
delegates drawn from the 192 wards in
the state will converge on the Hardball
Court, Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, in
Benin City, the Edo State capital to select
the party’s gubernatorial candidate.
Today’s primaries, is very crucial to the
party in its quest to regain the reins of
government in the state, which it lost in
2008.
The party, no doubt understands
the importance of getting it right.
Three aspirants will be
participating in the primaries. They are
former governorship
candidate of the All Nigeria
Peoples Party(ANPP) ,Chief
Solomon Edebiri , former
Secretary to the State Government (SSG),
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and former
majority leader of the state House of
Assembly, Mathew
Iduoriyekemwn.
So far, the three governorship
hopeful have conducted their
campaign and consultations in a
rancour-free manner. The trio at
several fora has reiterated their
resolve to rally round any of them who
emerges as the party’s candidate.
However, there have been
speculations in certain quarters
that the party leadership in the
state may have zeroed in on a
particular aspirant. But the state
publicity secretary of the party, Mr. Chris
Nehikhare told Daily Sun in Benin that the
party is set to conduct the most credible
primaries in the state.
According to him, the outcome of the
primaries would be a prelude to the
party’s quest to retake the state. He said
so far, the party has provided a level
playing field for all the aspirants in the
contest.
NehiKhare told Daily Sun: “Monday is just
the crescendo. There have been a lot of
activities preparing for Monday. We have
one executive committee in the national
headed by Markarfi. It is
embarrassing that Sheriff will
behave in such unlikely manner.
The members of the party have
rejected him. Edo State PDP is
answerable to Ma- karfi. The party is
organizing the freest and most
transparent primaries ever in the history
of Nigeria.
We have even gone as far as telling the
delegates not to exchange money. We
want it to be free and fair. We told the
aspirants not to spend money
irresponsibly. The delegates have not
been a secret.
Everybody has access to the
delegates from day one. So, it is
the only party where you cannot say that
the party leadership had chosen one
person over the other.
You cannot say the members of
the state executive as personified by Chief
Dan Orbih and other leaders of the party;
they have not come out to say that this is
their preferred candidate. They have been
firm. The party has been transparent in all
its dealings with all the aspirants.
“What we tend to give people is a
candidate the generality of Edo
people want. We want to win the
general election and we believe
that the delegates know what the people
on the street are saying; who the people
believe can win the general election once
they make a decision”.
Many agree that the quest of the
main opposition party to produce
the next governor of the state
effectively starts today. The
consensus among critical
observers is that if the PDP gets it right,
the battle for the
governorship seat is half won.
There are those who strongly hold the
opinion that in the event that the PDP fails
to have a rancour- free primaries, then it
would have done itself a great disservice.
The aspirants
1. Solomon Edebiri
Edebiri is aspiring to lead the state for the
third time. He contested the governorship
election for the first time in 2007 on the
platform of the defunct Progressives
Peoples Party(PPP). In 2012, he was the
governorship candidate of the ANPP.
Although he came third in the contest, his
performance in the gubernatorial debate
shot up his rating in the politics of the
state.
Prior to the fusion of the ANPP into the
the APC, he was the deputy national
chairman of the party in the South. He is
believed to be a man of high integrity.
In the estimation of analysts, he is coming
with new ideas as he has not been in any
governmental position.
The gubernatorial hopeful said if
he’s elected governor, he would
embark on massive employment
generation and that create as
much as one million direct and
indirect jobs within his four year
tenure as governor.
However, many complain that he
is too gentle and decent for
Nigeria’’s variant of politics. But a PDP
chieftain in Edo Central, who would not
want his name
mentioned said Edebiri’’s gentility is his
strength and not weakness, noting that
the Uhumeonde-bornpolitician is the kind
of man the politics of today demands.
The party chieftain said that with
Edebiri as gubernatorial candidate, victory
is guaranteed for the opposition party in
Edo State.
2.Osagie ize-Iyamu
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is former
Secretary to the Edo State Government in
the second tenure of former Governor
Lucky Igbinedion.
Before then, he was Chief of Staff to
Igbinedion in his first tenure. He led some
aggrieved members of the Edo PDP to
form the Grace Group, a political
pressure group that has over time
metamorphosed into the present day APC
in Edo State. But following political
differences with Governor Adams
Oshiomhole, he returned to the
PDP, about two years ago.
The former SSG said he is running for the
PDP primaries on the crest of his
experience in government and his
integrity.
He believes that once he clinches the
party’s gubernatorial ticket, there would
be nothing stopping the party in the
September 10 governorship poll.
He told Daily Sun in Benin: “I am a pastor,
so people can vouch for my integrity. I have network of friends that cuts across
the 192 wards in the 18 local government
areas in the State. And because of that,
selling me will not be difficult. I also have
friends in the government in power so
that if I become the candidate, selling me
will not be difficult. That apart, Edo has
been traumatized in the past seven and
half years and they are looking for
somebody they can trust. Somebody who
is human and who is accessible;
somebody who can deal with the
problems and make this place a better
place. With all modesty, I believe that I am
qualified because I am experienced.
“For the first time, our people will
be voting for somebody that had a new
agenda. We have an agenda, it is also
shows where we are going to. “By the
grace of God. We are very optimistic that
we will win the election if we get the
ticket.”
3. Mathew Idoureyekemen
Mathew
Idoureyekemen is former majority leader
of the Edo State House of Assembly,
where he represented Ikpoba Okha state
constituency for eight years. He once
represented the state on the board of the
Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC). He contested the 2012
gubernatorial primaries of the PDP and
lost. One of his greatest strengths in
today's governorship primaries is his
consistency in the party.
Iduoriyekemwn had remained with the
party in thick and thin.

we are waiting.

Edo state.

PDP ti take over.

Bunch of loosers'. what's there for PdP to campaign with? Am not a politician, but I can recall PDP wasted 8yrs in Edo state' They adapted d logo- ancient city of Benin'. So called pastor Ize Iyamu, Mathew were all part of the system; what was their positive contribution?
Yea, APC might not have done much in Edo state, but d little we've seen, we expect more from them.
D only Gentle man amongst the PdP aspirant is Edebiri' obviously, he won't cling d ticket.
PdP is nothing but agbero govt in Edo state. Ask an average Edo man, he can testify..

Power To The People! PDP!!!

Theoritical:
Bunch of loosers'. what's there for PdP to campaign with? Am not a politician, but I can recall PDP wasted 8yrs in Edo state' They adapted d logo- ancient city of Benin'. So called pastor Ize Iyamu, Mathew were all part of the system; what was their positive contribution?
Yea, APC might not have done much in Edo state, but d little we've seen, we expect more from them.
D only Gentle man amongst the PdP aspirant is Edebiri' obviously, he won't cling d ticket.
PdP is nothing but agbero govt in Edo state. Ask an average Edo man, he can testify..

Next time make some sense.

The next governor of Edo state has already emerged from the APC. All these PDP clowns are just wasting their time.

shyling:

Next time make some sense.

Agbayaa

If only Edebiri would emerge, then Apc is history. Edos so much love Edebiri

The pastor, from his speech shows he has nothing to offer to the state
There was no plan what so ever... It's obvious he just wants to vet power back to the cabals
The APC candidate is to me more of another obiano,....

Well it's up to edo people to make there choice

seunmsg:
The next governor of Edo state has already emerged from the APC. All these PDP clowns are just wasting their time.

All of you are just hoping on Federal might and Oshiomhole.
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YOU ALL WILL BE DISAPPOINTED

[size=13pt][b]Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu (POI) is our next Governor......PDP taking over.
All these noise making south west APC bootlickers that know nothing about Edo State Poltics, Saying a politicial novice like Obaseki that has no grassroots support will defeat Ize Iyamu needs to have their brain reset back to factory setting.These APC bootlickers made noise that Silva would defeat Dickson in the Bayelsa Election, they also made nosie about APC winning most of the seats in the Rivers State Re-Run Election, but the results from those elections showed otherwise and exposed their high level of sophisticated ignorance, cowardice and political naivety.

Ize Iyamu will win at least 65% of Edo South Electoral Votes which happens to have the largest number of voters in the State.

Ize Iyamu will win nothing less than 95 % of Edo Central Votes, which has the second highest electoral votes in Edo State, a projected 95% electoral votes for PDP is not a big surprise to any one who understands Edo State Politics, APC and Oshiomole are naturally disliked in Edo Central due to anti Oshiomole sentiments in Edo Central, another factor is Edo Central is where Chief Tony Annenih hails from. PDP got a block vote in the last election in Edo Central, Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu will get a block vote in Edo Central.

In Edo North which happens to be where Oshiomole hails from and has the lowest number of electoral votes in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki will win a projected 75% of the Electoral Vote in Edo North.





Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu ( POI) is the Governor in waiting at No 1 Dennis Osadebe Avenue GRA Benin City Edo State.[/b][/size]

Theoritical:
Agbayaa

Kids teletubies is on..

PDP have learnt politics with time.

PDP will surely win Edo State