Orbih lacks energy to dissolve caretaker committee – Edo PDP

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, has rejected the institution of a caretaker committee within the state by the Chief Dan Orbih-led faction of the South-South Zonal Working Committee of the celebration, asserting that it’s solely the Nationwide Working Committee of the celebration that possesses the authority to take away any government council.

DAILY POST reviews that the Dan Orbih-led South-South Zonal Working Committee had, in an announcement on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, introduced the formation of a caretaker committee for Edo and Bayelsa states.

In response, the Dr Tony Aziegbemi-led caretaker committee within the state contended that Chief Dan Orbih lacked the ability to dissolve any state government council of the celebration.

Hon. Chris Nehikhare, the publicity secretary of Dr Tony Aziegbemi’s faction within the state, expressed that Orbih’s assertion holds no legitimacy.

Nehikhare alleged that Dan Orbih was successfully operating the All Progressives Congress, APC arm of PDP.

“Solely the nationwide physique of our celebration has the authority, the constitutional energy, to arrange caretaker committees.

“It’s the Nationwide Working Committee, the Nationwide Govt Committee that additionally organises congresses from the ward to the state and native authorities to the zonal and the nationwide conference.

“What we’ve got is the Caretaker Committee within the South-South zone headed by Emmanuel Ogidi, and never Dan Orbih,” he remarked.

He additional famous that the celebration’s congress had not been held, particularly within the South-South zone, to introduce the brand new celebration executives.

He accused Orbih of aligning with the APC following his unsolicited reward for the APC-led authorities in Edo State.

Nehikhare dismissed Orbih and his allies’ assertion of dissolution as a ruse to deceive these unaware that Orbih had lengthy been suspended and in regards to the true workings of the celebration.

He said, “It’s not the accountability of the zonal working committee to arrange a caretaker committee for a celebration in any state, however that of the nationwide working committee.

“The tenure of Chief Dan Orbih as chairman of the zonal working committee of the PDP within the South-South zone has expired, so it’s regarding when folks nonetheless consult with him because the chairman of the zone.

“He (Orbih) will not be the chairman of the zone, and he has since been expelled from the celebration.”

DAILY POST recollects that the South-South Zonal Working Committee of the Occasion, on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, accredited the appointment of caretaker committees to supervise the affairs of the celebration in Bayelsa and Edo states, respectively, for a interval of three months.

The choice, which takes impact instantly, was introduced on the conclusion of a Zonal Working Committee assembly presided over by Chief Dan Orbih, the nationwide vice-chairman of the celebration.

The choice was made following the dissolution of the State Working Committee of Edo and Bayelsa. Orbih said that the executives of the 2 states have been dissolved resulting from alleged acts of gross misconduct, which he claimed have been clear violations of the celebration’s structure, in addition to the mishandling of inside crises in each states.