Jethro Ibileke/Benin
The deposed traditional ruler of Uromi, in Esan North-East local government area of Edo State, Anslem Odaloghe Eidonojie, has disassociated himself from a statement credited to the State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, which urged the people of Uromi not to vote for the party that deposed their king.
Orbih had allegedly told the people of Uromi during his party’s visit to the town not to vote for the APC during the 3 March local government election.
Orbih also cautioned the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to stop playing politics with the traditional institution of Uromi.
But Eidonojie, in a press statement he personally signed and issued to journalists in Benin City, urged his subjects to vote for any political party of their choice, distanced himself from the PDP’s comment, adding that he is not a member of any political party.
The deposed Monarch also expressed optimism that Governor Godwin Obaseki will revisit the incident that led to his deposal.
“l wish to use this medium to state that I was neither privy nor a party to the said statements. I hereby dissociates myself from the said statements, and to state in unequivocal terms, that I am neither a member of the said political party nor partisan.
“I urge the electorate at Uromi to disregard the said statements and vote for the party of their choice.
“I am confident that the State Governor, given his progressive nature, in his time, will revisit the unfortunate incident that led to my deposal. I promise my unalloyed support and loyalty to Edo State Government,” the statement said.