By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2024 Edo state off-circle gubernatorial polls, Chief Asue Ighodalo, has dismissed claims suggesting that he has abandoned the party.
The Source reports that following his exhaustion of all the available legal options in the bid to reverse the outcome of the September 21, 2024 election, which saw his All Progressive Congress rival, Governor Monday Okpebholo, emerge victorious, speculations have been rife concerning his possible defection to an alternative platform.
The rumours were all the more accentuated by the lingering crisis within the rank of the hitherto main opposition camp, which has led to an exodus of many of its stalwarts.
In the last 24 hours, the social media has been saturated with news of Ighodalo’s move to the nascent opposition Coalition platform the African Democratic Congress, ADC, with his supporters ahead of the 2027 election.
But in a statement issued on Monday August 4, 2025, by the head of his media team Erhabor, the PDP Governorship flag bearer insisted that he is still a loyal and dedicated member of the PDP.
He described the purported claim of defection as “a baseless , misleading ,and mischievous attempt at hoodwinking the teeming supporters of the PDP ,ahead of the August 16 ,2025 National Assembly by-election in the state.
” This claim is false. Dr Ighodalo remains a member of the PDP. We urge the public to disregard this baseless fabrication and the mischief behind it which is aimed at misleading our supporters ahead of the National Assembly by-elections scheduled for later this month.
“Dr Ighodalo remains focused on his vision for a prosperous ,and safe Edo, and on strengthening the PDP as a platform that truly protects the interests of the people”, the statement reads.
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