EDO FOR SHOW

I stumbled on a rally staged by the Action Congress in Benin Edo state where the entire PDP elected chairmen and their entire councilors decamped to AC, the entire PDP machinery and chieftains defected to AC. The women leader, youth leaders and personal and official assistants of the former governor were also among the decampees,it was a total exodus of PDP members from the umbrella party to the broom party. I was amazed and shocked when the names and status of the decampees was read out loud by the overzealous moderator in a widely publicized event with a mammoth crowd at the venue. The governor was present and looked like it was his birthday. The new members from PDP looked a bit confused and their followers were there to cheer them up. It was a major blow for the PDP because the event showed that the PDP has lost all his members to AC in Edo state. Edo state used to be a comfortable haven for PDP in the past and opposition parties never really existed in the state. When the new members were called to make speeches on their new status as AC members they had nothing important to say. Judging by the body language and the pointless speeches made by the new member, you do not need an herbalist to tell you this people are in AC to gain the power they lost when Osunbor was kicked out of the government house. Edo has been a stable state since Igbinedion, though he never brought any meaningful development to the state, and the choice of Osunbor was a big mistake because he was never the people’s choice and even PDP party members in the state never supported his anointment by almighty PDP. The point of this article is how long will the smile on the faces of the AC members in Edo and that of the governor last? An example was that given by the former state chairman of PDP who also was among the decampees, in his speech he said they have been oppressed for to long and they needed freedom. Freedom from whom? his party has ruled the state for ten years and he has gain from and I believe his still gain from the PDP led Edo government. Another female chieftain new member who used to be a female PDP leader also said she and the entire Edo women are free from oppression victimization. They all took turn to speak about liberation. The governor danced and jumped through out the occasion and I wonder how long will the dance last. The case of the decamping chairmen and councilors can be understood because most of them are having problem with the state legislative arm and they need to join the AC to escape been suspended or removed. The entire occasion was a show of shame on the part of the Edo PDP and AC. It showed that politicians in Edo are all money seeking hawks. The AC has always been a party the envy and I believe the new members are wiser than the entire AC machinery in Edo. Edo people are watching their state becoming a one party state because of change in government. Why has anybody in the arena failed to see that this PDP decampees are in AC to continue to enjoy the central government they lost through the court verdict that removed PDP from power. Edo people failed to realize that this new members are in the party to continue the political ambition which was thwarted when Osunbor left. Oshiomhole is not a seasoned politicians and I believe he doesn’t know what tune his dancing to today. In what capability does AC in Edo want to admit these new members? How do they want to control the chieftains of PDP currently camouflaging in AC colour. What role will big shots and people who have lived maximally take in the fragile Edo Politics? The AC recently rebuked the PDP for celebrating the movement of some opposition members into PDP in a Northern state; their spokes person tongue lashed the PDP for making merry when the decampees were admitted into the PDP. The show of shame in Edo is the worst have ever seen in recent time. During the welcome speech of the governor, he talked a lot about Godfatherism and he tongue lashed ANENIH and other Godfathers in Edo. His speech was censored by NTA were I was monitoring the show whenever he talked about serving and past PDP stalwart in the Country. Although he never mentioned Anenihs name but he really dealt took him to the cleaners. The governor didn’t lay emphasis on the new members and his speech did not address the new members, he didn’t formally welcome them and he poured all praises on the crowd and working executive of AC in the State. Like the speaker before him Tom Ikimi, the governors praised and pledge his support for the President and federal legislative arm of the federal government. The crowd at the venue didn’t really reflect the large population of the state and it was dominated by PDP innocent members in the state who are as confused as their decamped chieftain whose main change is to survive under the newly Oshiomhole led AC party. At the end of the show, a reporter asked one of the AC Chieftain at the show how the party will fair with the new members without muscle flexing, he smiled and said everybody knows his duty and everybody will do what his elected to do. But those who left their lucrative post in PDP will not settle for sitting on the bench after been in power for 10years.Lets cross our hand and watch the EDO show as it unfolds. The recent resignation of PDP members present in the kitchen cabinet of Oshiomhole is a tip of the ice berg of what to come, as the Oba of Benin is now been dragged into this power brawl blowing across EDO