Politics
Ex-PDP Guber Candidate, Odii Declared His Intention To Re- Contest The 2027 Gubernatorial Race
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ebonyi State, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has declared his intention to re- contest the 2027 gubernatorial race under the platform of the PDP, saying his mandate cannot be stolen again.
Odii said he is contesting the Ebonyi State governorship position because there has not been any improvement in the lives of the people and the economy of the state.
The PDP Chieftain, who spoke to journalists after he submitted his nomination forms and was successfully screened by the PDP’s screening panel at the Legacy House, Abuja, said, ” Ebonyi State requires leadership ” at this critical time.
He claimed that since the 2023 general election, poverty has rather increased in Ebonyi despite the huge federal allocations that have accrued to the state, noting that Ebonyi urgently needs someone with the capacity for “economic and human capital development.”
Odii said, “Poverty and insecurity have continued to increase in Ebonyi State, and that is why we have decided to get it right this time.”
The politician noted that for democracy to grow, there has to be a strong opposition, noting that any opposition with constructive ideas is welcome.
He insisted that any government or society that says there should be no opposition is a dictatorship and will not be allowed in Ebonyi State.
“So we have come today to let the whole world know that ‘Anyichuks’ is now running to be the governor of Ebonyi State.
“When they are talking about ‘you are not from North, you are not from Izzi, and all that, I am from Ebonyi State, before Izzi, before Onicha local government, the day I was born, I was born as somebody from Ebonyi State. Ebonyi State is not going to be governed on the basis of clannish politics,” he said.
Odii, who expressed confidence that he will secure the PDP ticket at the primary election, also assured the PDP and his supporters that their mandate will not be stolen again in 2027.
Edo North senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has playfully called out Senate President Godswill Akpabio for breaching truce over ‘massaging women’s legs’ comment.
At plenary on Thursday, Oshiomhole said he signed a truce of no more hostilities, stating that Akpabio breached the agreement by reverting to previous matters.
DAILY POST reports that Akpabio had mocked Oshiomhole over the viral video allegedly showing him massaging a woman’s leg aboard a private jet.
The Senate President stated that the Senate initially ignored the footage because it was suspected to have been generated using artificial intelligence, AI.
Recall that a video which surfaced on X on February 3, 2026, sparked widespread reactions after it allegedly showed the former Edo State governor massaging a woman’s leg inside a private jet, days later the lawmaker debunked the video stating that it was AI.
Joking over it at the plenary, Oshiomhole said, “I want to report to this house that the senate president and I we signed a truce of no more hostilities and senate president breach the truce by reverting to previous matter, the truce stands, you should not violate, I will not violate.”
Responding, Akpabio said, “Let me first of all apologize to Oshiomhole if whatever I said could in any way injure him or feel offended.”
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Members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, have taken over the secretariat of the party in Oyo State.
The secretariat, located in the Molete area of Ibadan, was in the custody of the faction loyal to Governor Seyi Makinde of the state until Thursday when the members loyal to Wike took over the premises.
DAILY POST gathered that the PDP members stormed the secretariat on Thursday and occupied the premises with hundreds of members of the party in attendance.
PDP chairman in the state, Professor Abdulrahman Akinoso, confirmed the development to DAILY POST.
Akinoso in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST on Thursday, insisted that the real owners have taken over the premises.
He said, “It is true. It is not faction. It is PDP. We have taken over the premises. It was in the morning. We were there in the morning. We just left the premises. We are now in control. We have taken over the premises.” .…For more, Complete your reading.
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