Oyegun, Owie fight dirty over control of Edo ADC
Leadership crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deepened on Friday as the faction loyal to Senator Roland Owie elected Dr. Mike Ehima as the
Leadership crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) deepened on Friday as the faction loyal to Senator Roland Owie elected Dr. Mike Ehima as the new State chairman of the party.
Those loyal to the party's national leader, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, stayed away from the congress.
Senator Owie, a member of the ADC National Executive Council (NEC), told journalists in Benin City that the chairmanship of the Edo ADC was zoned to Edo South.
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Owie said a mini primary was conducted between Dr. Mike Ehima and Tony Alile after both indicated interest in the chairmanship position.
He said Dr. Ehima scored 75 votes while his opponent polled 4 votes.
Senator Owie said he received information that Chief Odigie-Oyegun appointed another chairman in place of Dr. Ehima at the ADC's National office in Abuja.
Senator Owie said the recently conducted Local Government Congresses were peaceful and unanimous.
"Oyegun cannot be a National Leader and Senatorial Leader; he should choose one", Owie said and called on the NEC of the ADC to call Oyegun to order, adding, "Oyegun should stop playing games.
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"I don't know where he got that from; it is between him and Abuja. I don't know anything about that.
"And you know he is a member of another ADC in Abuja, maybe that is where he got that from".
In his reaction, Chief Oyegun said, "I am not the State Congress officer appointed by the national headquarters in Abuja to oversee the congress. It is only the congress officer who can speak on that the; maybe he will speak tomorrow.
But Mr. Kennedy Odion said he remained the State Chairman of Edo ADC.
He insisted that Edo ADC Local Government Congresses were a sham.
