A former commissioner for Information in Edo State,
Kassim Afegbua, has given notice that he would be
leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the
choice of Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the
party’s vice presidential candidate.
The PDP presidential candidate on Thursday
afternoon presented Mr Okowa as his running mate
in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
But Mr Afegbua, who was also a former spokesperson
to former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, said
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, deserves the
nomination ahead of Mr Okowa.
Mr Wike came second in the PDP presidential
primary on May 29 in an election in which Mr
Okowa led his state’s delegates to vote for Atiku.
However, Mr Afegbua described Atiku’s choice of the
Delta State governor as a reward for treachery,
noting that Mr Okowa had hosted the meeting of the
Southern Governors’ Forum in Asaba last year where
the governors demanded that the next Nigerian
president should be produced by the southern region.
Mr Afegbua spoke Thursday afternoon during a
popular Arise News show, The Arise Interview.
In protest at the alleged betrayal of the declaration
by Mr Okowa in supporting Atiku at the primary and
in accepting to be his running mate, Mr Afegbua said
he would stand aside from the PDP and support the
candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC), Bola Tinubu, in the presidential election.
Mr Afegbua stressed that he would not be joining the
APC but would only be campaigning for its standard
bearer.
The outspoken former commissioner had also
rebelled against the PDP in 2020 for handing
Governor Godwin Obaseki its ticket for reelection
after the governor was disqualified from the APC
governorship primary for alleged forgery of an
academic certificate.
Mr Obaseki went ahead to win the election on the
PDP ticket as the party suspended Mr Afegbua for
alleged anti-party activities.
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mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun seunmsg

I dey laugh and my champion is ever ready for the victory ceremony come 2023

Ok

Who's the PDP Chieftain? Afegbua?

I wonder why the Edo PDP hasn't expelled this APC mole all the while.

Regular anti PDP man, he won't be missed

Dude was against Atiku even before he emerged candidate.

Afegbuah is not even a Pdp member for a long time

And don’t have any impact on Pdp as a member

No money.. no political clout.. he brings nothing to the table

Or maybe some one should tell me otherwise

Power to the people
North 2023

There is gonna be great division in their camp.

Who's he giving a notice?

No one would notice his absence.

Old model FFK

He has always been a Tinubu mole in PDP...



Nigerians are OBIdient now though

Who the heck is Kassim Afegbua in PDP?

Atiku is looking for how to loose comming 2023 election.

Good riddance to bad rubbish...Atiku. Is winning this one

nairavsdollars:
Who the heck is Kassim Afegbua in PDP?

Na them follow chop wike 2.5 billion, promise am vp
The guy na nobody, for edo pdp na dan orbih and obaseki they know

christejames:
He has always been a Tinubu mole in PDP...



Nigerians are OBIdient now though

Do you mean the Stingy one