{"id":26063,"date":"2020-01-10T12:36:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsonline.com\/?p=26063"},"modified":"2020-01-10T12:36:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:36:22","slug":"edo-2020-apc-division-golden-opportunity-for-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2020\/01\/10\/edo-2020-apc-division-golden-opportunity-for-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo 2020: APC Division, Golden Opportunity For PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative mvp-post-feat-img-wide2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">As the 2020 governorship election draws closer in Edo state, A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, says the <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2020\/01\/10\/kogi-how-gov-yahaya-bello-reacted-to-death-of-pdp-chair.html\">People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP),<\/a> now has the golden lifetime opportunity to recapture the state with the present division in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p><strong>Dopkesi disclosed this to newsmen on Friday at the PDP stakeholders\u2019 meeting in Agenebode, the headquarters of Etsako East local government area of the state.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meeting preceded a tour of the zone, which is part of the \u2018AFEMAI Declaration\u2019 programme for the party.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsonline.com\/2020\/01\/10\/over-60-people-killed-in-cult-attacks-amnesty-intnl\/\">Read Also: Over 60 People Killed In Cult Attacks \u2013 Amnesty Intnl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-27\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe All Progressives Congress in the state is divided, hence a great opportunity for the PDP in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStakeholders of the party in Edo north senatorial district will this morning commence a tour to the six local government areas in the zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tour will provide an avenue for the leaders of the party at all levels in the zone to interact with the party members at the grassroots,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-28\"><\/div>\n<p>High Chief Dokpesi, however, advocated for \u201ca party structure that is all-accommodating.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2020 governorship election draws closer in Edo state, A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, says the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), now has the golden lifetime opportunity to recapture the state with the present division in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 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