The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declined to sign the peace agreement for the Edo State gubernatorial election set for Saturday, September 21, 2024.
This was revealed on Thursday by former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar, who stated that the PDP would only sign the peace agreement if certain conditions were fulfilled.
“I met the governor yesterday, and he told me the PDP will not sign this peace accord,” he said.
“They had made some observations, and I was expecting the chairman of the PDP to come and make that statement. Having waited for him this long, he announced that the PDP said they were not going to sign and they had some conditionalities.
“They said that after these conditionalities have been met, they will come to Abuja and sign,” he added.
In a confirming tone, Governor Godwin Obaseki stated on Wednesday that his party, the PDP, might not sign the peace accord. The governor mentioned this possibility during a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee.
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While addressing the Committee, Obaseki said, “Unless the 60 supporters and 10 party members arrested by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, are released, the party might not sign the peace accord.”
“Until everyone arrested in Edo is released or brought back to Edo to be tried for whatever offences they claimed to have committed, how can we sign the peace accord,” he said, adding, “We have no confidence that the Police is going to protect us.”
Meanwhile, the PDP and its candidate for the election, Asue Ighodalo, did not sign the peace accord. Other parties, including the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo, along with the Labour Party’s candidate, Olumide Akpata, signed the agreement.
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