DAN ORBIH’S EVIL ENTRANCE INTO PDP
Chapter One
This is how it all began.
There were Parallel Congresses held simultaneously across the state. One was led by Late Chief Tony Anenih, which produced the Chief Dan Orbih led State Executives and the other by Sen. Prof. Osereimen Osunbor which produced the Barr. Edward Sadoh led Executives. The National body of the party recognized the Barr. Edward Sadoh Executive. They took over the PDP State Secretariat. This led to the opening of another State Secretariat by the Dan Orbih Executives. It is of note that the parallel PDP State congress at that time led to the removal of Sen. Prof. Osereimen Osunbor as Edo State Governor (The lying tongue & evil schemes of Orbih that led to Osunbor’s removal: The beginning of PDP woes – details in the coming chapter)
Some PDP leaders went to court to challenge the existence of Orbih led Executives. This development created bad blood among party members which led to the dissolution of both Executives by the National body of the Party. The National body called for harmonization between Late Chief Tony Anenih and Sen. Prof. Osereimen Osunbor. At the point of harmonization, the position of State Chairman was conceded to Chief Tony Anenih while the position of Deputy State Chairman and State Secretary was given to the Prof. Osunbor group. It was the harmonization that brought in Late Hon. Barr. Samson EKHABAFE as Edo PDP State Chairman.
From the day Ekhabafe became State Chairman, he never knew peace in the hands of Dan Orbih (the birth of evil scheming). As Ekhabafe was busy reconciling aggrieved party members and speaking to those in court to withdraw from court, he was at the same time reporting to some leaders that Dan Orbih was not happy with his new position as State Chairman. He complained about Dan Orbih’s attitude towards him till his mysterious death by ghastly accident.
He was on his usual political visit to Edo North, when on his return to Benin the news of his death came as a shock. He died together with his Son (a lawyer), his driver and orderly. Immediately Ekhabafe was buried, Chief Dan Orbih began to lobby Late Chief Tony Anenih to allow him succeed Late Samson Ekhabafe using some leaders that were close to Chief Anenih. At last, Orbih had his way. When he discovered some party leaders were heading to court to challenge his emergence he hurriedly rushed to Port- Harcourt out of his desperation to take his first oath of office as State Chairman.
Sometime in 2009, Chief Dan Osi Orbih came on board as PDP State Chairman, heralding the beginning of failure, sellout of votes to APC and on the payroll of Adams Oshiomhole (details in the coming chapters). This was only possible after the sudden and untimely death of Hon. Barr. Samson EKHABAFE in a mysterious way. The way and manner his death came is still a nightmare to so many political players and the general public.
Chief Dan Orbih’s era as State Chairman brought woe & setback to PDP in the last 11 years – the time for PDP to move forward without a trace of Evil is now.
To be continued…