By Paul Dada
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state is sick and on life support. .
Okpebholo through a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, Okpebholo said PDP in Edo had become a shadow of its old self.
“Instead of seeking redemption, Edo PDP leaders have resorted to aimless wailing against a government that is steadily gaining the trust of the people.
“Much like a drowning man flailing in the waters of irrelevance, the PDP is desperately grasping at anything that gives the illusion of political survival.
“Their latest antics, rather than winning them public sympathy, only reinforce the obvious: Edo PDP is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), gasping for air, and rather than battling for survival, its leaders are wasting their dwindling oxygen on unproductive tantrums.
“The PDP is not just a sick party on life support, it is a party suffering from terminal political irrelevance. The faction-ridden, and scandal-infested remnants of what was once a ruling party has now been reduced to a collection of desperate voices clinging to lies, propaganda, and outright misinformation, in a last-ditch effort to remain in public discourse,” the statement said.
The statement added: “The same party (PDP) that crushed its foundation members: the Legacy PDP, under the weight of impunity and godfatherism, is now pretending to be champions of the people.
“Their (Edo PDP leaders’) newfound role as self-appointed critics of Governor Monday Okpebholo is not driven by patriotism or concern for Edo’s progress, it is nothing more than the desperate growl of a wounded lion that has lost its territory.
“Former Governor Godwin Obaseki and his co-travellers are the architects of PDP’s downfall. They ran the party into the ground with their arrogance, side-lining loyal members, imposing candidates, and rewarding opportunists who saw governance as a personal business empire.
“Now that they have been rejected at the poll (Edo governorship of September 21, 2024) and abandoned by the people, their remaining foot soldiers have adopted an attack-dog strategy, barking at every single move of the Okpebholo-led Government.”
