 As the Adoste chapter of the People's Democratic Party PDP takes steps to resolve its crisis, National Chairman Iochia Aiu warns that Gov. Godwin of Basuki must not be allowed to leave the party. And in preparation for 2023 elections, the Redeemed Christian Church of God launches a political department to mobilise support for its members to run for office. This is Plus Politics. I am Mary Anaconda. The crisis rocking the Adoste chapter of the People's Democratic Party PDP may be resolved as soon as the National Leadership of the Party said it will set up a committee that would meet with the aggrieved party members in the state. The National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party Iochia Aiu also warned members of the party in Adoste state that Gov. Godwin of Basuki must not be allowed to leave the party. He said the infighting within the party, if not results, would make them lose the state. Aiu noted that the party lost Adoste state in 2008 because of the infighting between the camps of late Tony Anneni and Chief Ibnidion. Now, the party has been engulfed in crisis since the Gov. Basuki was elected on its platform and those with those who defected with the governor from the APC not getting recognised in their new party. Well joining us to discuss this is Deputy Chairman of the People's Democratic Party in Adoste state, Mr Lucky Omagwon. Thank you very much Mr Omagwon. Thank you. My name is Omagwon Omagwon. Sorry? My name is not Lucky but Harrison. Harrison Omagwon Om. Apologies for that. Yes, Mr Omagwon, exactly why do you think that the people who migrated into the party was the governor, Godwin of Basuki? Why do you think that they feel unwelcomed? Because that seems to be the story that we're all hearing. Yes. Well, thank you. Thank you for having me. Let's say we have to say the different situation in Adoste. I don't think that we really have any crisis within the party. What we have within the party is the ambition of the individuals that have decided to take the governor hostage because what is about the crisis now has to do with 2023 and 2024. And you all know that the governor is not planning to run for a top tenor and the governor is not planning to run for any election now. But those people who have the ambition to run for 2023 and 2024 have had to take the governor hostage and specializing in to resolve the, to reconcile or harmonize the structures of the party that anything can make. I can hear you loud and clear. I can hear you, Mr Omagwon. Go ahead. Good. What we are having is that these people have been charged for 2023 and 2024 have tried to specialize the governor to what is called harmonization or integration. Other than that, I don't think there's any known crisis within the party in Adoste. I know that when the governor came in, here's the governor of the state. There's nothing about that. When he came in and had the very first meeting he had with us, it gave all the assurances that we're with the party and that he was willing to work with the structures in the underground. And things were going very well until some of these individuals who have not checked me, they are like, I want to leave the party if they don't get what they want. But down the day, the governor has always created that nothing whatsoever will make him disagree with me. And that he has come to species, he has come to be very specific to disagree with me. And it's reasonable to understand not to disagree with me. Great. But this thing that people have to have committed, the governor of the state, they are creating the impression that all is nowhere within him. But I want to assure and I'm sure that all is very well within him. As much as we all want to believe you, because of course you are a member of the executive in the political party, but there's a video that's been making rounds on social media with the deputy governor of the state in that video. Let's take a listen to what he has to say. And then when you come back, I would like to hear from you. Come here, please. There's a video that has been making rounds on social media with the deputy governor of the state talking about the problems within the party. I would like to put out that video. I want you to listen carefully to what he has to say and then we'll talk. For the issue of PDP, I want to also thank the chairman for being firm and courageous. I thought our chairman was not a courageous one, but now I know he's a courageous one as well as firm. Chairman, well done. When Mr. Governor has spoken, the deputy is not supposed to speak, but I'm speaking on behalf of Donut. So Mr. Governor, for a Donut, Edo South, Edo Central, I use the word, the three senatorial. And flowing from what I know, my chairman in APC, that we joined, follow you to PDP, and all that coming and executive that left with us. Mr. Governor, we are tired. We are actually tired. Every time we come, when will this soon be over? Mr. Governor, we all agree that anywhere you go, we'll follow you. We'll stand by that. Well, Mr. Governor, we escorted you to PDP. We are not still being accepted. That's the truth. We are not still being accepted. We are not being accepted. Mr. Governor, your leadership style is not a skeptical design. Your leadership style, you have been telling us to be patient, and we believe in you. We believe that you always take us to that promised land, and that is that perseverance that will make us to still remain in PDP. I am speaking in their mind. Mr. Governor, we don't want to be like the cow. In my language, the same robot do not do man. That is patient and kill cow. You tie neck, it is quite as big as you tie neck, tie everything before you. Mr. Governor, please and please. In Agostate, see me sitting with my brother, Antonio Nene Junio, my auntie, Mrs. Inie, our two man's wife, beautiful people in PDP, excited to work with them. Mr. Magon, you heard the deputy governor, Mr. Shibu, talking about the fact that they're tired of not being brought into the fold. He made mention of all the people that they came with from the APC. He's also continuously said that they will continue to stand by the governor. They will go anywhere, Governor Obaseki is going, but that they're tired of how they're being treated within the PDP. I want to ask, from what you have been saying, there are a few people who are trying to hold the governor hostage. It seems the governor was at that event, and he was addressing the governor directly, saying they are tired of being treated badly. Now, if you're also saying that there's nothing wrong within the party, why is Mr. Yotcha, are you trying to set up a peace panel to deal with the issues within the party? When issues like this are on ground, and some individuals are creating the spectrum that they're expressing, they almost seem to be for the chairman of the party to set up a panel to talk to him. But that aside, it will most address the real issue. I want to use the opportunity to advise people who are privileged to be in tough condition to try as much as possible not to betray the trust and confidence of the people that do them into power. They must, at all times, try as much as possible to be frank and truthful and behave as best, very responsible so that the people will have that confidence and trust to send it there to other places. But when somebody is in position, what is that political best interest? What is that interest that you think Deputy Governor Shraibu has? Are you saying that he's nursing an ambition that, yes? They are the ones pressurizing the government to presume that the parties within the party in the state. And I am telling you, if you want to release it back, I want to start asking questions about the management of the party from God's best. But what's stopping the party from sitting back and asking those questions that you say you need to ask? What's stopping the party from sitting back, asking those questions, finding out if the truth is there is no problem that there are certain people who are just trying to ferment this trouble? What's stopping the party from doing that instead of assuming that there are people who are nursing an ambition? Then what's wrong with nursing an ambition for 2023? I mean, it's campaign season, people will be. You know what I'm saying? There's such a thing in terms of all these things. And you will not expect that a party of people who are supposed to manage to ensure victory for the party. Whether you like anybody like it or not, the party is the producer of government. The government is the product of the party. So when people in government now want to start hosting party officers to go out, it's up to me. And they need to manage to be in the position to educate them that they are product of the party. And the party should be put on top. I'm a journalist, but I cannot get involved in your internal party process. And that's why I'm having you on this show. So you educate us as to what exactly is happening within your party. I'm not to educate anybody about what's happening in your party. Yeah, I'm telling you that we don't have any crisis. And as far as we are concerned, some individuals for their personal needs, their benefit and certain interests, and I've told you, I think they are fit for their specific crisis in the party. And we are not prepared to join the issue with anybody in that party body. So what is the essence of the peace committee that is being or about to be set up? What is the essence? If you're not going to join issues? If the National Chamber, if it was done, set up a committee for the constitutional, no people would matter. But it's time the truth will be out. We now know who can break up that. Great. So going forward now, because I mean, if you're saying that certain people are nursing ambitions, if the deputy governor, I'm not saying that that's what you're saying. If he is nursing an ambition, why should that ambition in any way hamper the collective, the collective unity of the party? My dad is talking about it virtually. It is not what I mean to talk about. In anybody's mouth or anybody's head, it should be virtually come out. And then they all want to all of you will ask what part of that along with the good part. Where is the contact going? All right. Let's move away from that and talk about the governor. The governor has said many times over and over again that he's not going anywhere. He's not leaving the party. And so has the National Chairman of the party said no one while he made he gave a statement saying that you as party men should make sure that the governor does not leave the PDP. What do you think he meant by that? Listen, I told you why, that the governor, a very responsible man, has said so many that he's not going to make him the PDP. And the governor is a responsible man. When the governor came to the party, he helped me because I was very appreciative of the people that are keeping me. And I'm sure that it can be by the way chamber would call for that piece meeting. And when these people are ready to do it, it's not going to come out. The governor himself will still be there with the party and he will create a different environment of good governance on that day. Do you see any other members, aside from, I mean, since you have said, and there's a surty that the governor is not leaving, do you see other people leaving the party being that most of them are still saying that they've not necessarily been comfortable with the party? That is not for me to say anything about. In 2014, what we did back then, it's a different time. In the future of pre-trial, no party was considered to leave and nobody would have pretended to be a member. But is it not the job of the party to make sure that all members are happy, especially when you know that you're in campaign season? You're supposed to be galvanizing, building your forces against the opposition. Should that be the, you know, the statement from someone who's the executive of a party that wants to build a stronger and formidable party that will stand against the opposition? Should that be your position? What is it? I'll ask again. Well, you said that, you know, whoever wants to leave the party can leave or, you know, that it's a game of, you know, choice. But I'm saying, should that be the position of a member of the executive being that the PDP is trying as much as possible to make sure that their formidable team come 2023? Should that be a position as a member of the executive? The more, the merrier. Not that you don't want anybody to leave the party, but if people are not prepared to work with us and the part of the trade of the people, the technical people, we won't pretend to leave it out. But what is it? A dose test is a PDP test. Where people control that remote that PDP has ever wanted, let's say, for a person who has a dose test, that is a lie. All presidential elections, national elections, let's say, in the last three years in the United States, PDP has won everything. All through the last one. All through the last one, PDP won. Even when we have a PC dog, you know, and a PC national, let's say, when we have two senators and part of the press, and the presidential candidate has to work for that, go on a new stage. Okay, all right. Well, I want to say thank you. Mr. Harrison Omagwan is the Deputy Chairman of the People's Democratic Party in a Dose State. We'll keep following the story and hopefully the issues within the party are resolved. Thank you so much for speaking with us. You're welcome. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you all for staying with us. We'll take a short break now. And when we return, the Redeemed Christian Church of God takes steps to provide support for members who want to run for office. Is this the choice that they should be making? Well, we'll get to talk about that after this week.