Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has distanced the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the crisis surrounding the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election in Edo State.
Oshiomhole clarified that the APC has no role in the turmoil affecting the PDP’s internal processes.
“The law does not allow APC to interfere in PDP’s primary election conflict,” he stated during a press briefing in Abuja yesterday.
This clarification follows a ruling by the Abuja Federal High Court, which nullified the PDP primary elections that had produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s governorship candidate.
The court’s decision was based on the unlawful exclusion of 378 delegates during the primary election conducted on February 22, 2024.
“This is purely PDP intra-party,” Oshiomhole emphasized. “Parties must be encouraged to obey the laws that regulate the conduct of primaries. By law, another party cannot go into intra-party conflicts in court.”
Addressing allegations that the APC might have had a hand in the PDP’s crisis, Oshiomhole dismissed such claims as baseless.
“I think you should dismiss that because this is PDP versus PDP. By law, another party cannot go into intra-party conflicts in court. So if it is convenient for them to explain that, you can dismiss it without asking me.”
Highlighting the existing divisions within the PDP, Oshiomhole noted,
“The fact that there had been division in Edo before their primaries and after their primaries is an open secret, and the issues in dispute are also very open. The PDP legacy group complained that the man they gave their master bedroom has completely chased them out of the building, and now they’re under the rain. As we speak, they are still trying to settle.”