Boma Achenimie 
Chief Dan Orbih, South-South Zonal National Vice Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has disassociated himself from the recently constituted 200-Man Edo State Governorship Election Campaign Council.
Saturday Telegraph had earlier reported that Governor Godwin Obaseki was named Head of the Advisory Committee for the 2024 Governorship Campaign Council, with the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion and National Leader of the PDP and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi, as members.
In a statement, the PDP State Organizing Secretary, Tony Anenih (Jnr.) said members of the Campaign Council are very versatile members of the PDP who have been carefully chosen to deliver the party’s candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo.
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According to Anenih, Obaseki, Igbinedion, Senator Ehanire-Danjuma, and ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Tom Ikimi, among others are to lead the Advisory Committee of the Governorship Campaign Council while former Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Mathew Iduoriyekenmwen will lead the Management Team as the Director General.
Speaking on the development, Chief Orbih who is from Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state said he was not consulted before his name was included in the list unveiled by the Edo State Organizing Secretary of the party, adding that he was not invited to the meeting when the decision to set up the council was taken.
He said: “Nobody told me of any campaign council and I am not aware of it. Some people who saw my name on the list called me. I have not seen the list and I am not aware of it and not party to the composition of the council.”
The name of the immediate past member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama (Oredo), an ally of the South-South Zonal National Vice Chairman, was conspicuously missing from the list.
Chief Orbih headed Legacy Group has been at daggers drawn with the Governor Obaseki-led group for the control of the soul of the party in the Heart Beat of the Nation state.
The cold war between the two feuding factions led to several litigations during the run-up to the 2023 polls as the two camps jostled for the party’s tickets for the National and the States House of Assemblies.
