By Uzair Adam
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withheld its signature from the peace accord for the upcoming Edo State Governorship election, scheduled for September 21.
This was revealed by former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar during the peace accord signing ceremony in Benin on Thursday.
Abubakar explained that the PDP’s participation is contingent on certain conditions being met before they will sign the agreement.
“I met with the governor yesterday, and he informed me that the PDP will not be signing the peace accord,” Abubakar said.
“The party has made some observations and set conditions. After these are addressed, they will go to Abuja to sign.”
The PDP’s state chairman was absent at the event and did not elaborate on the party’s reasons.
However, Governor Godwin Obaseki had previously hinted at the possibility of his party opting out of the accord during a meeting with the National Peace Committee.
Despite the PDP’s absence, candidates from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP), including APC’s Monday Okpebholo and LP’s Olumide Akpata, signed the agreement.