Chairman of the Edo State People Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee, Tony Aziegbemi, has said the next move for the party is how to get President Bola Tinubu out of office in 2027.

Aziegbemi stated this on Monday in Benin at a stakeholders meeting of the party loyal to the candidate of the PDP in the September 21 governorship election in the state, Asue Ighodalo.

While briefing the gathering on the outcome of the party?s governorship election petition at the Supreme Court, Aziegbemi alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) stole the mandate Edo people gave to Ighodalo, the party?s candidate.

He said the PDP did all it could through its lawyers in the legal battle but that the powers that be allegedly colluded to deprive it of victory.

Aziegbemi, therefore pleaded with the people of the state for their understanding over the party?s failure to retrieve the mandate, commending party members for standing firm despite the setback.

?The next thing is, how do we get Tinubu out in 2027. We cannot watch the way things are being run in the country,? Aziegbemi said.

Responding to Aziegbemi, former deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Jimoh Ijegbai said that the party must unite to remove Tinubu in office.

He said, ?If you are saying we should remove Tinubu from the office, which vehicle are we going to use?

?If we are going to continue, we must know where we belong in the PDP that is divided.

?Unless we do that, we will be deceiving ourselves.?

Speaking on behalf of the women, Alberta Okonofua urged the PDP to put its acts together adding, ?If we don?t put our house properly I don?t know how we are going to oust Tinubu?, noting that the party has two factions in Edo which makes the task of unseating Tinubu difficult.

Also speaking, former Campaign Director General, Asue Ighodalo Campaign Organisation, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, said the party must sit down to fashion out how it would remove the President in 2027.

On the expected by-election scheduled to be conducted in August in the state, Iduoriyekemwen said, ?with the institutions as they are today, I do not see how we can win any election.

?We cannot continue like this. Mr. Chairman, if we must solve the PDP problem, it must be solved from the national level. If Asue?s votes didn?t count, I don?t see any election that will count. So, we must sit down and take a decision. The PDP we have today does not have the capacity to stand in opposition to the APC?, he added.

Addressing members of the party, Ighodalo, said Edo is a PDP state, stressing that ?If an election is conducted today PDP would win 70 percent of the votes.?

He thanked the party faithful for standing firm and urged them to be courageous, saying that the PDP would decide what is in the best interest of Edo State.

He added, ?The leaders will meet and return to the people. Nobody would dictate to anybody. We would collectively decide where to go?, he said and thereafter announced a donation of N2 million to each of the 18 local government area chapters of the party in the state. (Daily Sun)

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