Peace Returns To Edo PDP As Ortom, Okowa, Others Resolve Crisis

By Yemi Itodo

The crisis that engulfed the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been finally resolved, DAILY POST learnt.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who is also the Chairman of the committee set up by the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the PDP, disclosed this to journalists, Wednesday, at the end of a meeting that lasted more than six hours, with the warring parties at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.

The PDP had on March 16th, 2022, at its 95th NEC meeting constituted a three-member reconciliation committee to resolve the crisis in the Edo State chapter of the party.

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The committee has Governor Ortom as chairman, while Governors Ifeanyi Okowa, Bala Mohammed and Dairus Ishaku of Delta, Bauchi and Taraba States, respectively are members.

Members of the committee and the warring factions in the Edo crises were beaming with smiles as they stepped out of the meeting hall at about midnight.

Governor Ortom, who was flanked by members of the committee, as well as Governor Godwin Obaseki and Chief Dan Orbih made brief remarks to journalists on the outcome of the prolonged meeting.

He said: “As you are aware, the National Executive Committee of our great party put us together to resolve the issues in Edo State; and successfully by the grace of God, we have resolved all the issues and are going back to Edo State as one PDP. No more factions, no more disagreement. And by the grace of God, we are sure that it shall be well in Edo State”