A former governor of Edo State, Prof. Osarhiemien Osunbor, on Tuesday explained that some leaders of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, fought him while he was in power due to his alleged refusal to misappropriate state resources.

Osunbor, who is currently a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, said this during a political rally of the governorship candidate of the APC, Godwin Obaseki, at Iruekpen, Esan West Local Government Area of the state.

The professor of Law said that the PDP was not interested in developing the state but in the interest of its members, alleging that the party had been hijacked by “evil” people.


 
Osunbor explained, “The PDP is not interested in the development of the state, rather they enjoy sharing the resources of the state by the party leaders. That is why you see our sons and daughters abandoning the sinking ship to the APC.

“Evil people have hijacked the PDP; the party is a sinking ship, which is why I have told my people to act like the former President (Olusegun) Obasanjo, by tearing their PDP membership cards.

“I have told them to join the party that is interested in their welfare and the overall development of the state. The PDP have no interest in what becomes of the state and the people but their pockets.”

The former chairman of the Law Reform Commission also said that he had been branded as a disloyal party man.

He said, “This was why they said I was not loyal because I refused to share the money meant to develop the state while I was the governor.

“That was why they started fighting me. The PDP, whether at the local, state and federal level, cannot do anything for us; it is only the APC that can make us a proud people through development.”