Obaseki suffers another defeat as INEC recognizes Orbih faction

Chief Dan Orbih, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman, South-South has emerged victorious in the battle for the control of PDP’s structure in Edo state with Governor Godwin Obaseki.

This followed the recognition of candidates produced by the faction led by Chief Dan Orbih by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Recall that the Orbih and Obaseki factions had held different primaries that produced candidates for different elective positions.

But a visit to the INEC headquarters in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Tuesday showed that INEC had pasted a comprehensive list on its notice board and all the PDP candidates in the list are the ones who emerged winners at the primaries conducted by the Orbih’s faction.

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Meanwhile, the Governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has been nullified by a Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo.

The electoral process of the APC had produced Emmanuel Bwacha as its flagbearer in the 2023 governorship election.

An aggrieved aspirant in the party, David Kente had approached the court filing a suit against APC for recognising Bwacha as the candidate of the party in Taraba State.

The presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda in his ruling on Tuesday directed the party to conduct a fresh primary election within 14 days.

Bwacha was also ordered by the court to stop parading himself as the governorship candidate of the APC.