Thursday 9 August 2012

Members free to challenge Oshiomhole at tribunal – PDP


Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
Peoples Democratic Party Publicity Secretary in Edo State, Mathew Urhoghide, has said the party will not stop any of its members wishing to contest Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s re-election.
Speaking exclusively with our correspondent on Wednesday, Urhoghide however restated the party’s decision not to seek redress at the state Election Petitions Tribunal against Oshiomhole’s victory at the poll.
Chiding some of the party members for not working enough for PDP’s victory before the July 14 poll, Urhoghide who spoke on the telephone, said it would be near impossible to overturn Oshiomhole’s election victory.
He said, “The party cannot stop any member who feels aggrieved over the outcome of the governorship election from going to court. It is their fundamental right, but the party has taken a position that it will not go to court.
“That decision flows from the national body of the party and that was why it was issued by the state party chairman (Chief Dan Orbih). It is only the state chairman that is a member of the National Executive Council, and that is why I don’t want to comment much on the matter.”
Responding to a call by the leadership of the PDP Edo South Senatorial district for the party’s standard bearer, Charles Airhiavbere, to go ahead with his petition at the tribunal and Appeal Court to challenge Oshiomhole’s electoral victory, the Publicity Secretary hinted that it might be an exercise in futility.
“It is not only Edo South Senatorial district that makes up the party. But anyone can exercise rights and the PDP will not stop them. There are antecedents. The CPC said it will not go to court following the outcome of the 2011 Presidential Election, but Buhari went ahead with his litigation, and the party did not stop him,” he said.
Urhoghide called on Edo PDP members to sheath swords and work for the progress of the party.

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