The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been described as a party on life support, gasping for relevance. In a statement, the Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Governor, Fred Itua, noted that the party has become a shadow of its former self, factionalized, internally battered, and directionless.

Itua stated that the PDP’s latest antics, rather than winning them public sympathy, only reinforce the obvious: Edo PDP is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), gasping for air, and rather than battling for survival, they are wasting their dwindling oxygen on unproductive tantrums. “The PDP is not just a sick party on life support—it is a party suffering from terminal political irrelevance,” Itua said.

The PDP’s obsession with baseless accusations extends to their claim that the Okpebholo administration is “inducing” members of the Edo State House of Assembly with ₦200 million each to defect to the APC. Itua described this as a falsehood and a tragic reflection of PDP’s own corrupt mind-set. “In their time, they could only buy loyalty with cash because they lacked any real governance achievements to inspire followership,” he said.

Itua also criticized the PDP’s fabricated outrage over recent security incidents in Ovia and Okpekpe. “While the Okpebholo administration swiftly mobilized security forces and initiated immediate responses to curb the threats, PDP shamelessly tried to spin the situation to cover up their own failures,” he said.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Governor noted that Governor Monday Okpebholo is not just leading a government; he is leading a rescue mission to recover Edo from the abyss PDP pushed it into. “Under PDP, Edo was seen as a State trapped in the hands of political Pharaohs, suffocating under bad governance. But Edo people have now declared they will never go back to Egypt,” Itua said.

Fred Itua emphasized that the PDP should abandon its ICU-induced rants and start doing the hard work of genuine opposition—one that offers constructive alternatives rather than desperate, uncoordinated attacks. “Until then, their cries will remain what they are: the last gasps of a party in political coma, struggling to find its place in a State that has outgrown its failures,” he said.

Itua concluded by saying that Governor Okpebholo welcomes criticism, but it should be based on facts and logic, not bitterness and political frustration. “The PDP’s rants are not about governance; they are about wounded egos and lost political privileges,” he said.