Governor Oshiomhole says PDP is Dead and Buried In Edo

(PDP) is dead and buried in the state, maintaining that the party can never be resurrected. Oshiomhole made the remark yesterday at a meeting with party leaders from the three senatorial districts of the state, during which he urged the people to imbibe the spirit of oneness ahead of the September 10 governorship election.

The governor, who expressed joy with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, Mr Godwin Obaseki, said “the primary purpose of our party is to continue to work hard, not just to hold on to power for its own sake, but to hold on to power so that we can sustain the wheel of development in order to continue to add value and improve on the quality of lives of the great people of this great state.

“That is our primary purpose and what we have done in the past week was to select someone who will provide leadership.

“I want to therefore thank you for all the support that each and every one of you here and millions of our people who are not here, party members and none party members, men and women, young and old that you have extended to me over the past ten years.

“My case has been a thing of miracle with God using every one of you to perform those miracles. I can never thank you enough.”

While declaring that party leaders should reconcile all aggrieved members of the party, he said, “Let me appreciate my younger brother with whom I have entrusted power, not because we were the best, but because God chose to use you to give us that favour. That is Pius Egberamwen Odubu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State. It doesn’t matter how the result went, I want to publicity appreciate him and I assure him I regard him as a brother.”

Talking to the PDP, Oshiomhole said, “They are planning now how to come back; only those who died like Christ and only one born of a virgin woman can resurrect like Christ. Those who died in the political scene can never be resurrected. PDP died in sin and they remain buried and they can’t resurrect, certainly not in our life time.”