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The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has postponed its state congress indefinitely following disagreements among members over the party’s voters’ register.
DAILY POST reports that the crisis has factionalised the party into two.
It was gathered that the dispute stemmed from disagreements over the mode of the congress. While some members proposed a direct congress, others supported an indirect congress.
The congress, earlier scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, was delayed until about 2:00 p.m. as party members failed to agree on the modalities for conducting the exercise.
The Chairman of the Electoral Committee for the congress, Yakubu Paul, who announced the postponement, said the decision was taken after consultations with the party’s National Secretariat.
Paul said the postponement was approved by the National Secretariat of the party.
“According to him, I have just spoken with the National Secretariat and received approval to postpone this congress to enable us to prepare for the reschedule. We were supposed to have held our ward and local government congresses, after which the chairmen and secretaries that emerged would serve as delegates to vote at the state congress, but this was not done,” he said.
However, members of the faction said to be loyal to the incumbent state chairman, Greg Igbinomwanya, insisted that only 344 individuals captured in the party’s register should be eligible to vote. Those loyal to Yakubu Paul, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee for the congress, rejected this position, alleging manipulation of the register.
The spokesperson of the aggrieved members, Adams Erunmwunse, claimed that the leadership had lost credibility and accused the chairman of attempting to influence the process to secure a return to office.
“Greg never wanted this congress to hold because his tenure ended in 2024; hence he came up with a retrogressive register of just 344 members,” he added.
When contacted, Dr. Greg Igbinomwanya dismissed the allegations, maintaining that the register in contention was authentic.
Igbinomwanya alleged that some individuals were sponsored to obtain membership cards on the morning of the congress solely to participate in the exercise, but they did not.
Edo PRP postpones congress indefinitely over internal crisis