The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as “absurd” and “comical” Governor Monday Okpebholo’s declare that Edo would ship 2.5 million votes to President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
In a strongly worded assertion on Monday, June 23, the state PDP caretaker committee described the governor’s remarks as an insult to the intelligence of Edo folks and a determined try and impress political leaders in Abuja.
“We learn with astonishment the laughable and completely unrealistic assertion credited to Senator Monday Okpebholo, the place he promised to ship 2.5 million votes from Edo State to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu within the 2027 election,” mentioned Chris Nehikhare, Publicity Secretary of the PDP caretaker committee.
Nehikhare mentioned it was ironic {that a} man “who might barely handle 300,000 votes for himself in a governorship election that was marred by heavy militarisation and backed by the complete weight of all APC governors,” would now promise to mobilise almost your complete voting inhabitants of the state.
“Now, with a straight face, he needs Nigerians to consider he can mobilise 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu in 2027—simply ab
out your complete variety of registered voters throughout all 18 native authorities areas within the state,” Nehikhare added.
He described the governor’s assertion as reeking of “desperation and sycophancy,” saying it was aimed solely at pleasing his “Abuja benefactors.”
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The PDP additionally took problem with the governor’s priorities, accusing him of political grandstanding whereas Edo folks undergo from rising insecurity and {economic} hardship.
“It’s deeply troubling that whereas Edo persons are grappling with rising insecurity as a direct results of lack of management, with starvation and {economic} hardship ravaging houses day by day, Okpebholo’s high precedence seems to be looking for applause in Abuja via empty posturing and hole political guarantees,” the assertion mentioned.
Nehikhare mentioned the PDP was assured that President Tinubu, “a seasoned political operator,” wouldn’t be swayed by “the noise and exaggerated claims of political opportunists.”
Governor Okpebholo had made the controversial comment throughout a political gathering at Okaijesan City Corridor in Irrua, Esan Central Native Authorities Space on Sunday, the place he additionally welcomed defectors from the PDP to the APC.
“In 2027, we’ll reward President Tinubu’s love for Edo with 2.5 million votes. The folks have spoken via their actions. Edo is APC, and APC is the car of our growth beneath the Renewed Hope Agenda,” Okpebholo had declared.
However the PDP insists that the folks of Edo will not be fooled by “empty rhetoric” and can maintain the governor accountable for his efficiency, not his pledges.
“We’re targeted on making certain actual growth, not political fanfare,” the occasion mentioned.
