Edo state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, has predicted doom for the newly formed political coalition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in the state.

He said the duo of Chief Tom Ikimi, Chief Odigie-Oyegun and Senator Oserheimen Osunbor cannot lead the party to victory in any election across Edo State.

Tenebe, in a statement issued in Benin City, said the trio were no longer relevant in Edo politics.

The statement said, “The so-called coalition will fail seeing the likes of Tom Ikimi, the very old Chevrolet that sucks a lot of fuel.

“Prof Oserheimen Osunbor was trashed by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Odigie-Oyegun, who is completely irrelevant in Edo State politics now.”

Meanwhile, spokesman for the Edo PDP, Chris Nehikhare, said the party’s structure remained intact ahead of the August 16 by-election into the Ovia Federal Constituency seat and the Edo Central Senatorial seat.

Nehikhare said the PDP would emerge victorious at the polls.

He said the emergence of the new coalition in the ADC would not affect the party’s chances at the poll.