Governor Godwin Obaseki said on Wednesday that his party, the PDP, might not sign the accord, The governor said this when he met with members of the National Peace Committee.
As the Edo state governorship election fast approaches, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has failed to sign a peace accord to commit to a peaceful exercise.
The Edo State Governorship election is scheduled for September 21.
Governor Godwin Obaseki said on Wednesday that his party, the PDP, might not sign the accord, The governor said this when he met with members of the National Peace Committee.
This development was disclosed by the former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar at the venue of the signing of the peace accord in Benin City.
He revealed that the PDP said it would only sign the peace accord if certain conditions are met.
“I met the governor yesterday and he told me the PDP are not going to sign this peace accord,” he said.
“They had made some observations and I was expecting the chairman of the PDP to come and make that statement, having waited for him this long he chose to announce that the PDP said they are not going to sign and they have got some conditionalities.
“When they have been met, they will come to Abuja and sign.”
The chairman of the PDP in the state was not at the venue to give details about why the party refused to sign the accord.
Although the PDP and its candidate for the election, Mr Asue Ighodalo, did not sign, other parties including the the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Mr Monday Okpebholo and the Labour Party’s candidate, Olumide Akpata, signed the accord.