Mr Charles Idahosa, a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused some national officers of the party from APC-controlled northern states of exacerbating the ongoing crisis within the party in Edo State.
He made these allegations during a meeting hosted by the party’s national Vice-Chairman, Dan Orbih, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Idahosa claimed that these leaders were “acting as mercenaries bent on selling the soul of the party in Edo to the highest bidder.”

His remarks come in the midst of controversies surrounding the recent election of ward ad-hoc delegates in Edo.
Addressing the issues raised by nine aspirants who protested Saturday’s election, Idahosa emphasized their seriousness.
He warned that if these issues were not immediately resolved, the PDP would suffer irreparable damage in Edo.
A former Political Adviser during former Adams Oshiomhole’s administration, Idahosa alleged that the crisis in the party was fueled by PDP officials from core northern states currently controlled by the APC.
He claimed that these officials, having failed to deliver their states to the PDP, were now seeking to capitalize on the situation in Edo.
“I want to make a prediction, and I am directing this to our national vice-chairman to carry it to the NWC, National Working Committee of the party,” Idahosa stated.
“The people who are doing whatever they are doing are from Yobe, Sokoto, all northern states.
They will collect what they want to collect and let all of us die here. They don’t care because they are not from here.
But I want him to carry this message, that I, Charles Idahosa, say if they don’t do the right thing and correct this anomaly, PDP is dead in Edo.”
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