The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has described the promise by Governor Monday Okpebholo to deliver 2.5 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as absurd and comical.
The PDP said that it is deeply troubling that while Edo people are grappling with growing insecurity as a direct result of lack of leadership, with hunger and economic hardship ravaging homes daily, Governor Okpebholo’s top priority appears to be seeking applause in Abuja through empty posturing and hollow political promises
The Party said that such an empty promise coming from a man who could barely garner 300,000 votes for himself in a governorship election that was marred by heavy militarisation and backed by the full weight of all APC governors, Senate President and members of National Executive Council, was not only comical but an outright insult on the intelligence of Edo people.
Governor Okpebholo, had on Sunday, June 22, 2025, boasted that the state will deliver 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu in the 2027 election as a token of appreciation for the developmental strides witnessed across the state under his administration.
But, in a statement, the Caretaker Committee of the PDP in Edo State said the promise by Okpebholo was laughable, utterly astonish and unrealistic and reeked of desperation and sycophancy, all in a bid to please his Abuja benefactors.
The statement which was signed by Chris Nehikhare, Publicity Secretary of the Party, said that the statement credited to the governor was an outright insult on the intelligence of the Edo people.
It said; “We read with astonishment the laughable and utterly unrealistic statement credited to Senator Monday Okpebholo, where he promised to deliver 2.5 million votes from Edo State to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 election.
“Now, with a straight face, he wants Nigerians to believe he can mobilise 2.5 million votes for President Tinubu in 2027—just about the entire number of registered voters across all 18 local government areas in the state.
“Such a claim is not only absurd, but reeks of desperation and sycophancy, clearly aimed at pleasing his Abuja benefactors in a bid to legitimise the September 2024 electoral charade.
“We are confident that President Tinubu, a seasoned political operator, will not be swayed by the noise and exaggerated claims of political opportunists,” the PDP stated.
Governor Okpebholo, had while speaking at Okaijesan Town Hall in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area, where he welcomed defectors from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, said Edo APC remained an open and inclusive platform for all citizens committed to progress.
