PDP Accuses Okpebholo of Deceiving Tinubu Over ‘No Vacancy in Aso Rock’ Remark

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State branch has claimed that Governor Monday Okpebholo’s statement that there was “no vacancy in Aso Rock” was meant to deceive President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.
According to reports, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, Okpebholo announced that there would be no vacancy in Aso Rock for the 2027 presidential elections when hosting the acting local government chairs of the 17 councils who had defected from the PDP to the APC at Government House in Benin City.
In a statement released on Thursday, Chris Nehikhare, the Publicity Secretary of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, responded to the announcement by characterizing the events in the Festival Hall of Edo State Government House as content creation for the President and the APC leadership in Abuja to view.
According to Nehikhare, no party member defected to the APC in the State Government House, and all of the legitimately elected local government council chairmen on the PDP platform are still in office.

Additionally, he asserted that Okpebholo is losing control of Edo State politics and has turned to lies in an effort to deceive Tinubu and the APC leadership.

In order to try to reassure the President and his party leadership that he is still in charge, he now needs to put together imposters, which is very regrettable and disheartening, according to the statement.

However, the truth is that he no longer has any influence over Edo State politics.

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In contrast to the false assertion made in the announcement by Fred Itua, Okpebholo’s chief press secretary, no PDP chairman has left the party, to correct the record. All of Edo State’s legitimately elected PDP local government council chairmen are still in office.

The individuals Itua called “chairmen” in his news release are Okpebholo’s unlawful appointees, whom he is attempting to force on the several local government councils.

“Whoever Okpebholo is attempting to mislead or impress should be cautious because these are outright lies, and contrary to what the deceptive news release claimed, he and his party have not gained any political ground in Edo State.

“The events that took place in the Edo State Government House’s Festival Hall today can best be characterized as content creation for the enjoyment of Mr. President and the Abuja APC leadership.”