Edo PDP tells Ali Modu Sheriff to stay away from Edo Politics

The Edo State Chap­ter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday warned the embattled National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ali Modu Sher­iff, to steer clear of the politics of the state which had brought Pas­tor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the party candidate for the September 10 gover­norship election.

Senator Sheriff, who had on Tuesday declared the emergence of the party governorship can­didate as illegal, fixed between 23rd and 29th June for the party prima­ries.

Chairman of the PDP in the state, Chief Dan Osi Orbih, who spoke to newsmen yesterday in Benin City, stated that there is no romance be­tween Abuja politics and that of the state, urging the self-acclaimed chair­man and his cohorts to stop intervening in mat­ters relating to the gover­norship election.

Orbih said that the known PDP National Chairman had conduct­ed a successful primary which has elected a cred­ible candidate in the gov­ernorship election and that remains the position of the party and its lead­ers in the state.

He however cautioned that “In the interest of our people and our party he (Sheriff) should not allow whatever differ­ences he is having with Abuja to come to Edo State. We are determined right here in Edo State to go by the law and the provisions of the Elector­al Act. The party had giv­en 21 days’ notice prior to the primaries for the election of a candidate. That was done by the party and I am not aware whether there is any oth­er letter that missed the stipulated guidelines of 21 days’ notice to INEC by Sheriff or any other person.”

“Let us not mix the Abuja politics with Edo state politics. I am ad­vising his group to stay away from what we are doing here because we are at peace with our­selves and we are satis­fied with the efforts that we are putting in place to ensure that Edo state is rescued from the hands of external investors and we will not tolerate Modu Sheriff’s role of an external investor.