My attention has been drawn to a recent Channels TV interview conducted by Seun Okinbaloye in which two individuals participated – one Ademokue Lukman and also one Osilama Okuofu. The subject of their discussion was said to be an alleged crisis brewing in the PDP Edo State. Although I am not in the country at the moment, a copy of…
14TH MAY, 2021. VOTE OF ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE IN THE PERSON AND LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF TOM IKIMI The enlarged LGA PDP Leaders and Exco of the party in Igueben Local Government Area, observed with great disappointment and grave concern the unsavoury news that has gone viral in the main and social media that the Edo Central Senatorial Executive committee including the…
My attention has been drawn to a publication in the Vanguard newspaper of May 12 2021 of the resolutions of the above meeting. When I was first alerted of this development through social media, my immediate reaction was to ignore it in the best overall interest of the Edo State PDP party but this full-page advert portrays unwarranted mischief that…
A TRIBUTE TO CHIEF ANTHONY ANENIH – High Chief Tom Ikimi CON It will indeed be a long time to come before many of us will come to terms with the reality of the passing of Onwalen Chief Anthony Akahon Anenih CFR, the Iyasere of Esan land, one time Federal Minister of Works and, until recently, the Chairman of the…
COALITION OF UNITED POLITICAL PARTIES – CUPP (THE GRAND ALLIANCE) 2nd August 2018 – A Statement By High Chief Tom Ikimi CON I am indeed very pleased be here this morning at this very historic occasion of the inauguration of the Abuja Secretariat of the Coalition of United Political Parties – CUPP and the establishment of the Steering Committee. I…
High Chief Tom Ikimi CON Photo credit: Eleanor Goodey EDO STATE ELECTIONS 2016 – High Chief Tom Ikimi CON First, let us know why this Gubernatorial election in Edo State is the fiercest and most politically heated since your very first such Governorship contest in 1992 as National Chairman of the National Republican Convention, NRC. Why are the stakes for…
