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Edo PDP deputy chairman quits, 


 IT is not the best of time for the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.

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While the ACN is grappling with the mass defection of aggrieved members, the PDP Deputy Chairman, Mr. John Jesuorobo, has resigned over alleged irreconcilable differences with his boss, Chief Dan Orbih.

He also accused Orbih of refusing to call a meeting of members of the State Executive Council (SEC) of the party on how to move it forward.

But in a swift reaction, the PDP Director of Mobilisation, Paschal Ugbome, described the allegations as unfounded. "His lies about why he is leaving the party are very embarrassing to us and he should not mislead Edo people. What happened was that he came into the party with one Isaiah Osifo, who was a product of settlement and harmonisation of the party after the crisis. So, most of them in that group left with Osifo, it is no longer news.

"When his mentor, Isaiah Osifo, failed to clinch the senatorial ticket, he went to Labour Party. So, instead of telling Edo people why he left, he is trying to mislead them. It is very logical that he has to go with his mentor and stop making allegations against the chairman".

But in a statement yesterday, Jesuorobo described the former Chief of Staff, Osifo as the best candidate for the senatorial seat in Edo-South in the forthcoming elections.

"The failure of the PDP in the state to organise free and fair primaries further reduced the confidence of the public in the ability of the PDP to provide a responsible democratic government. Osifo left the PDP to pick the Edo-South Senatorial ticket of the Labour Party.

"It is on this point that I resigned. My desire in the pursuit of sustainable democracy cannot be frustrated by my resignation from that office and membership of the PDP", he said.

Meanwhile, ACN members, who are still not satisfied with the recent conduct of the party's primaries, are to dump it for the PDP.

This came on the heels of efforts by the leadership of the ACN to reconcile the aggrieved members at a peace meeting on Monday in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Council, which Governor Adams Oshiomhole attended.

He urged members of the party to always use internal mechanism to resolve all intra-party crises to ensure peace in the party. "Whatever are our frustrations, we have to move forward. We are going to institutionalise this forum and from time to time, we will sit together to discuss what affects us", Oshiomhole said.

Those who attended the meeting were the senatorial candidate of the party in Edo-North, Dr. Domingo Obende, Peter Akpatasson, House of Representatives candidate and Commissioner for Arts and Culture, Abdul Oroh, among others..

But hundreds of PDP supporters led by Orbih on Wednesday received former Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Tunde Lakoju and Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police, Mike Okuo, who left ACN for the PDP.

At the well-attended ceremony in Igarra, Orbih, while receiving the new comers, said the party was ready to reclaim power from the ACN, which he said, has made the state a debtor.  But he called on members of the party to intensify their campaign to achieve that aim.

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Swazi minister quits over allegation of royal affair

Swazi justice minister Ndumiso Mamba, the right-hand-man of King Mswati III, has resigned, the government said on Thursday, after a dissident group said he had an affair with one of the absolute King’s wives.

The dissident group, Swaziland Solidarity Network, said last week that Mamba had been having an affair with 23-year-old Inkhosikati LaDube, one of Mswati’s 14 wives, and was netted in a police sting at a luxury hotel owned by Mswati.
Photo:King & Queen,Swaziland Homes

“There is a story that has gone far which is currently being circulated ...The story touches on the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ndumiso Mamba,” Prime Minister Banarbas Sibusiso Dlamini told a news briefing.

“Mamba had opted to resign as both Senator and Minister of Justice ...to allow the matter to be considered by the appropriate authorities,” he said.

Dlamini did not give any details of the case or accept questions on the subject.

Mswati - who was on a two-week official visit to Taiwan when the story broke - is frequently criticised by human rights groups as a dictator who runs the country of a million people as his own personal fiefdom.

Sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique, Swaziland won independence from Britain in 1968 but has been without a constitution since 1973. Political parties are banned and the king appoints the government.
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Embattled national Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Vincent Ogbulafor has resigned as the party's leader.


Mr Ogbulafor is currently facing trial in an Abuja High Court for allegedly defrauding the federal government of over N100 million while serving as minister of special duties during the Obasanjo administraton.

Mr Ogbulafor was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) at an Abuja High Court on Monday where he pleaded not guilty to a 16-count charge and was granted bail on liberal terms.

Opposition parties, such as the Action Congress had called on the Mr Ogbularfor to quit against the backdrop of his impending trial over alleged fraud charges..

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